ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,620,415, issued on May 5, was assigned to Adeia Guides Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Systems and methods for modifying a playlist of media assets based on user interactions with a playlist menu" was invented by Michael Shane Losey (Saline, Mich.) and Maeve Kathleen Sullivan (Ypsilanti, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are provided herein for modifying playlists of media assets. In some aspects, these methods and systems are provided by way of receiving a user input that causes a media asset in a playlist to cease from being played back and to be removed from the playlist. User interactions associated with the playlist m...