ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,156, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to DATAVAULT AI INC. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Systems and methods for audio timing and synchronization" was invented by Mitchell Fantuz (Beaverton, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to disclosed embodiments, methods and systems of data transmission are provided. An aspect of the present disclosure is a method for estimating a TSF value, the method comprising requesting a timing synchronization function (TSF) value, receiving a first TSF value after a TSF read delay, and estimating a second TSF value by compensating the first TSF value using the TSF read delay."

The patent was filed on Ma...