US Patent Issued on Sept. 23 for "Playing binaural sound clips during an electronic communication" (Puerto Rico Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,425,795, issued on Sept. 23.

"Playing binaural sound clips during an electronic communication" was invented by Philip Scott Lyren (Rincon, Puerto Rico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method plays sound clips in binaural sound to users during an electronic communication between two or more users. A processor convolves the sound clips with HRTFs so the sound externally localize away from a head of the user listening to the sound clip. The sound clips play to users during the electronic communication without transmitting the sound clips to electronic devices of the users."

The patent was filed on June 28, 2024, under Application No. 18/7...