ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,340,791, issued on June 24, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).

"Enhanced voice-based presentation of user sentiment" was invented by Layne Christopher Price (Seattle) and Bertrand Haas (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems, and methods are provided for voice-based presentation of a user's sentiment. A method may include receiving, by a device, voice data of a person at a time; determining, based on the voice data, an energy level of the person at the time; determining, based on the voice data, a sentiment level of the person at the time; selecting a presentation color indicative of the sentiment level;...