Audio browsing and automated publishing technology platform creator AudioEye, Inc. has  announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a notice of allowance for the company’s continuation patent filing, "System and Method for Creating Audio Files." According to AudioEye, the company’s patent counsel will inform AudioEye when the formal patent number is issued. It is a process that normally takes up to three months to complete. The announcement was posted on the Bloomberg (News - Alert) News site.

As per the company release, the term of the patent was lengthened by 997 days under 35 U.S.C. 154 (b). Consequently, the patent will expire in the year 2026. Meanwhile, AudioEye is also pursuing international patent applications for the new U.S. Internet Audio Publishing patent.

The company said that the new patent adds 20 new claimed inventions, and further expands AudioEye's coverage in the field of automated Internet multi-format multimedia publishing. Furthermore, according to AudioEye, the technology allows users to continue publishing their Internet content and applications through their systems and via automated means, as AudioEye's cloud-based software platform enables the creation of a mirror image of published content in a completely audio format.

Per AudioEye’s description, the functionality of any AudioEye-enabled website or mobile site can be accessed without the use of traditional point-and-click technologies. That means end users can access all content, functionality and transactional components of AudioEye-enabled sites without having to use a monitor or mouse. In short, brands and publishers are able to engage in a dialogue with consumers and other relevant audiences, while website users benefit from mobile, accessible and usable experiences in an audio format, said the developer.

In a statement, Nathaniel Bradley, AudioEye’s CEO, said, “As the scope and depth of our platform continues to expand with innovative new technologies designed to allow websites to become more accessible, mobile and compliant with the 21st Century Communications Act, we will continue to patent our innovations." He further added, "We are pleased to receive this latest Notice of Allowance, which provides further evidence of AudioEye's early Internet initiatives and pioneering tenure in this rapidly emerging market."

Bradley is the inventor of all six issued patents that are foundational to the company's software as a service (SaaS (News - Alert)) product line, called the Audio Internet. It allows any publisher to provide Internet users with a fully audio, narrated, hands-free and vision-free version of its website. By making Internet content available to users that are challenged by language barriers or disabilities such as dyslexia, autism and low vision, in a searchable captioned multi-media format, the Audio Internet provides solutions to key issues that companies and government agencies face on a global scale.

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