ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,083, issued on May 13, was assigned to LISNR INC. (Cincinnati).

"Channel-based control of audio transmissions" was invented by Rebekah Farrar (Columbus, Ohio), Oz Mendel (Piedmont, Calif.) and William Knauer (Bellevue, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for controlling the receipt and transmission of audio transmissions are provided. In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes selecting a first audio channel and transmitting a first audio transmission using the first audio channel. A second audio transmission may then be received that contains an acknowledgment of the first audio transmission. In certain...