ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,229,471, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Biamp Systems LLC (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Centrally controlling communication at a venue" was invented by Nicholas William Metzar (Beaverton, Ore.), Richard S. Juszkiewicz (Portland, Ore.), Matthew V. Kotvis (Portland, Ore.) and Jason E. Damori (Lake Oswego, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One example may include a method that includes initiating an audio recording to capture audio data, comparing the audio data received from a microphone of a mobile device to an audio data range, determining whether the audio data is above an optimal level based on a result of the comparison, and queuing the a...