ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,231,481, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to STREAMWIDE (Paris).

"Method for sending an audio stream from a terminal participating in a conference session involving a plurality of other third-party terminals" was invented by Florent Previtali (Saint Maur des Fosses, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples set forth a method, implemented by a terminal, for sending an audio stream from said terminal participating in a conference session in which a plurality of third-party terminals are further participating; wherein data packets of the audio streams transmitted by said terminal and said third-party terminals are encapsulated accordin...