ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,072, issued on June 17, was assigned to GOOGLE LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Network source identification via audio signals" was invented by Peter Kraker (Mountain View, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Network source identification via audio signals is provided. A system receives data packets with an input audio signal from a client device. The system identifies a request. The system selects a digital component provided by a digital component provider device. The system identifies audio chimes stored in memory of the client device. The system matches, based on a policy, an identifier of the digital component provider device to...