ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,221, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Adeia Guides Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for automating voice commands" was invented by DurgaPrasad Pulicharla (Andhra Pradesh, India) and Madhusudhan Srinivasan (Karnataka, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of detecting establishment of a voice communication between a first voice communication equipment and a second voice communication equipment and automating requests for content. The method includes analyzing the voice communication to identify a request for content, analyzing the voice communication to identify an affirmative response to the request for conte...