US Patent Issued to ARRIS Enterprises on May 27 for "System and method for controlling a media device to provide an improved sonic environment for the reception of a voice command" (Pennsylvania, Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,504, issued on May 27, was assigned to ARRIS Enterprises LLC (Horsham, Pa.).

"System and method for controlling a media device to provide an improved sonic environment for the reception of a voice command" was invented by Albert Fitzgerald Elcock (West Chester, Pa.), Christopher S. Del Sordo (Souderton, Pa.) and Charles R. Hardt (Lawrenceville, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for controlling media systems identified as co-located with one or more voice-command responsive devices. The disclosed technology is responsive to predetermined activation and/or deactivation phrases so as to control the audio output of t...