ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,248,734, issued on March 11, was assigned to ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC (Horsham, Pa.).
"Audio services agent manager" was invented by Richard Moore Jr. (Harleysville, Pa.) and William W. Jennings (Brookhaven, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An audio services agent manager (ASAM) of a control device can provide an improved user experience by iterating through a list of audio services agents so as to verify that a requested audio service is provided. The ASAM can receive an audio input from an audio input device and direct the audio input as an audio command to an audio services agent based on an audio service rule. The ASAM can verify pro...