ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,178, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Adeia Guides Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Systems and methods to determine reduction of interest in a content series" was invented by Vikram Makam Gupta (Karnataka, India) and Vishwas Sharadanagar Panchaksharaiah (Karnataka, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided herein for determining reduction of interest in a content series and to increasing the interest upon such determination. This may be accomplished by a device monitoring consumption of a content series to determine a pattern of consumption. The device may identify a change in the pattern of consumption indica...