ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,389,154, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to ST FamTech LLC (Delray Beach, Fla.).

"Shared earpiece communication" was invented by Moises Perez (Delray Beach, Fla.) and Steven W. Goldstein (Delray Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to earpiece devices that share information with other earpiece devices within range (e.g., GPS location and identity). For example multiple users can send signals to each individual earpiece when in range or to a mobile audio communications device via a wireless connection with each earpiece."

The patent was filed on Jan. 17, 2023, under Application No. 18/0...