ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,732, issued on July 15, was assigned to Google LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Synchronous sounds for audio assistant on devices" was invented by Kenneth Mackay (Mountain View, Calif.), Adrian Paul Diaconu (Mountain View, Calif.), Xiaowei Jiang (Mountain View, Calif.) and Christopher K. Chan (Mountain View, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The various implementations described herein include methods and systems for synchronous audio playback. An electronic device can receive an identification of a first device as a common clock device that has a first internal clock being designated as a master clock. The electronic device receive...