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US 12051444
Systems and methods for repairing remotely recorded audio data
Current assignee: Zaxcom Inc
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Patent summary
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Patent Overview — US 12051444 B2
Title: Systems and methods for repairing remotely recorded audio data
Patent number: US 12051444 B2 (application US 18/123,619; publication US 2023/0245682 A1)
Inventors: Glenn Norman Sanders; Howard Glenn Stark
Assignee/current assignee (as listed): Zaxcom Inc (original assignee Zaxcom Inc)
Key dates (as listed in the source):
- Priority date (assumed, per source disclaimer): 2005-07-14
- Filing date: 2023-03-20
- Publication date: 2024-07-30
- Grant/application granted: 2024-07-30
- Anticipated expiration: 2025-07-14
- Legal status (as listed): Expired – Lifetime
Purpose and plain-language scope: The invention concerns "repairing remotely recorded audio data." The supplied excerpt identifies the field through its prior-art keywords — "local," "audio," "audio data," "timecode," and "remote" — indicating subject matter involving audio recorded remotely and local audio/audio data referenced against a timecode. It also lists the related earlier family members from which priority is claimed: US 11/181,062 (US 7711443 B1), US 11/404,735 (US 7929902 B1), and US 12/838,164 (US 8842854 B1). Classification codes place the subject matter in digital audio/video recording and buffering arrangements (G11B20/10527), audio stream management (G06F3/165), error-prevention/monitoring arrangements for transmitted signals (G08C25/00–25/04), and microphone monitoring/testing (H04R29/004).
What the supplied excerpt does not establish: It contains no claim text, no written description, no abstract, and no drawing descriptions. Therefore it does not establish the specific elements, limitations, or boundaries of any claim; the exact mechanism by which audio data is "repaired"; how local and remote recordings are compared or synchronized; or how timecode is used. It also does not establish inventorship scope, the number of claims, or the precise relationship between this patent and the three claimed-priority family members beyond the priority links listed. The source itself cautions that priority dates, assignees, and legal status are assumptions rather than legal conclusions.
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