ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,526,600, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Little Dog Live LLC (New Paltz, N.Y.).

"Real-time sound field synthesis by modifying produced audio streams" was invented by Jody Elff (New Paltz, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A client device is disclosed that receives, from a server, a live video stream and a production quality live ambisonic audio stream generated during performance of a live event at a venue. The live ambisonic audio stream is generated from audio channels captured by audio capture devices disposed at the venue. The audio channels captured at the event, and modified by a producer, can be compared to audio captured by ...