ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,340,146, issued on June 24, was assigned to RMZ Development LLC (New York).

"Media sharing community" was invented by Richard M. Zelson (Mamaroneck, N.Y.) and Joseph A. Sorisi (Old Brookville, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention enables a user to share his/her listening experience selectively with others without sharing headphones and without disturbing others who do not want to listen. In a preferred embodiment, a first listener can accomplish this by storing in a Portable Electronic Device or similar device a library of listening experiences, listening to one of the listening experiences, and while listening to th...