ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,720,167, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Adeia Guides Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Systems and methods for recording broadcast programs that will be missed due to travel delays" was invented by Cara Lyn Hathaway (Tulsa, Okla.) and Walter R. Klappert (North Hollywood, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are described herein for alerting a user that the user will be unable to view a broadcast program based on an estimated time of arrival of the user to a media consumption device, and responsively providing the user with an option to record the broadcast program. These systems and methods are performed at least by iden...