ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,677, issued on June 24, was assigned to DIGITAL & FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES Ltd. (Colchester, Great Britain).
"Media playback system" was invented by Christopher John Crockford (Colchester, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A media playback system comprising a transmitter configured to transmit an indication of a media item; a plurality of drones; a controller configured to control the spatial configuration of the drones and, in response to receiving the indication of a media item, control the drones to adopt a predefined 3D spatial configuration; a mobile device comprising a camera and a media playback unit, wherein the camera ...