ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,006, issued on April 29, was assigned to MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC. (Chicago).

"Apparatus, system, and method for managing audio accessories" was invented by Joo Yih See (Alor Setar, Malaysia), Yusasmadi Yusof (Butterworth, Malaysia) and Woei Chyuan Tan (Bayan Lepas, Malaysia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable communication system includes a remote speaker microphone (RSM) accessory (102) coupled to a portable radio and further coupled to a secondary audio accessory (SAA) (108). The RSM accessory (102) includes a user interface toggle switch (120) that toggles between a first mode of operation and a second mode of operation. Toggl...