ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,472, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Skyworks Solutions Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"System and method for routing audio signals" was invented by Bruce Charles Nepple (Portland, Ore.), Adam Christopher Braun (Portland, Ore.) and Robert L. Mays (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for processing audio data is disclosed. An example system includes a plurality of input sample rate converters and a plurality of output sample rate converters; an isochronous data interface configured to receive and/or output audio data; a plurality of programmable rate generators configured to trigger a sequence of audio data transfers bet...