ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,189, issued on July 14.

"Watch time units and the reward share mechanism for a user-generated video sharing platform" was invented by Adris Chakraborty (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, a computerized method for managing a online user-generated video sharing platform comprising: enabling an online user-generated video sharing platform to receive a plurality of uploads of digital videos; dividing a digital video into a plurality of watch time units; monitoring a user watching digital video content; providing a revenue from the advertisement belongs to the creator of the plurality of watch time units, consumer of ...