ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,646, issued on May 13, was assigned to LISNR INC. (Cincinnati).

"Transmitting data using audio transmissions and quadrature amplitude modulation and associated equalization strategies" was invented by Rebekah Farrar (Columbus, Ohio), Oz Mendel (Piedmont, Calif.), William Knauer (Bellevue, Ky.), Samuel Banzhaf (Cincinnati), Ethan Tyink (New Palestine, Ind.) and Timothy Minear (Athens, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for improved data transmission using audio transmissions are provided. In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes receiving an audio transmission at. Audio symbols may be identified withi...