ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,230,244, issued on Feb. 18.

"Graphical user interface for customized storytelling" was invented by Todd Searcy (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are described herein for an application and graphical user interface ("GUI") for customized storytelling. In an example, a user can create profiles for a listener user and a reader user. The listener user profile can include information about the listener user. The reader user profile can include a voice model of the reader user's voice. The GUI can allow the user to provide a brief description of a story. The application can send the story description and listener user...