ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,217, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Audio communication between proximate devices" was invented by Nicholas R. Tapias (Boise, Idaho) and Anthony J. Kanago (Boise, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques, apparatuses, and systems for wireless communication between proximate devices are disclosed. A first microphone on a first wearable audio device of a first user receives first audio signals that include speech from a second user proximate to the first user and ambient noise from an environment surrounding the first wearable audio device. The first audio signals are analyzed to deter...