ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,061, issued on May 27, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Systems, methods, and graphical user interfaces for using spatialized audio during communication sessions" was invented by Darius A. Satongar (Staffordshire, Great Britain), Per Hakan Linus Persson (San Francisco), Sean B. Kelly (San Francisco), Martin E. Johnson (Los Gatos, Calif.), Tony S. Verma (San Francisco), Peter D. Callaway (Creeting St. Peter, Great Britain), Jae Woo Chang (Cupertino, Calif.), Daniel K. Boothe (San Francisco), Sean A. Ramprashad (Los Altos, Calif.), Patrick Miauton (Redwood City, Calif.), Christopher M. Garrido (Santa Clara, Calif.), Mitchell R. Lerner (San Francisco) and Charles C. H...