ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,285, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SONY GROUP Corp. (Tokyo).

"Transmitting audio streams to auditory devices based on user preferences" was invented by James R. Milne (Romona, Calif.) and Andrew Estrada (Escondido, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method includes pairing a first auditory device associated with a first user with an audio source. The method further includes generating a first user profile for the first user that includes first user preferences for streaming a first audio stream from the audio source to the first auditory device. The method further includes pairing a second auditory devi...