ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,397, issued on June 3, was assigned to MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC. (Chicago).

"Processing audio information captured by interactive virtual assistant" was invented by Joseph Namm (Plantation, Fla.), Melanie King (Wesley Chapel, Fla.) and Jeet K. Pawani (Sunrise, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for processing audio information captured by an interactive virtual assistant (IVA). An example method includes: converting sound received by a microphone into electrical signals; generating voiceprints corresponding to voices represented in the electrical signals; distinguishing signals representing background speech and sig...