ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,380,883, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD (New Tech Park, Singapore).
"Methods and devices for preventing a sound activated response" was invented by Justin Michael Ringuette (Morrisville, N.C.), Richard Todd Wall (Garner, N.C.), James D. Swank (Concord, N.C.), Mark Christopher Heidenfeldt (Apex, N.C.) and Mark K. Summerville (Apex, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for preventing a voice activated response by a digital personal is provided. The system includes a digital personal assistant that has a memory storing program instructions. The system also includes one or more processors that, when exec...