ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,354,621, issued on July 8, was assigned to Comcast Cable Communications LLC (Philadelphia).

"Removal of audio noise" was invented by George Thomas Des Jardins (Washington).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for removing noise from an audio signal is described. For example, noise caused by content playing in the background during a voice command or phone call may be removed from the audio signal representing the voice command or phone call. By removing noise, the signal to noise ratio of the audio signal may be improved."

The patent was filed on Oct. 9, 2023, under Application No. 18/483,129.

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