ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,016, issued on May 20, was assigned to Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device including speaker and microphone and method for operating the same" was invented by Hoseon Shin (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Chulmin Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Taegu Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Kyounggu Woo (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Youngwoo Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to various embodiments, an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a communication circuit, a plurality of microphones, a speaker, and at least one processor. The at least one proces...