ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,406,652, issued on Sept. 2.

"Electronic collaboration and communication method and system to facilitate communication with hearing or speech impaired participants" was invented by Harikrishna Vuppaladhadiam (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic communication method and system are disclosed. Exemplary methods can be used by hearing or speech-impaired participants in a conference, e.g., collaboration, environment to facilitate communication between conference participants."

The patent was filed on April 5, 2022, under Application No. 17/713,941.

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