ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,634, issued on March 18, was assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Tokyo).
"Systems and methods for dynamic modification of audio playback with user feedback" was invented by Michael Taylor (San Mateo, Calif.) and Glenn Black (San Mateo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for dynamically modifying audio playback of a video game is provided. The method includes ascertaining game music data associated with the video game. The game music data may include a plurality of game soundtracks classified according to predetermined criteria. The method may include collecting feedback while the user is playing the video ga...