ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,777,220, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Adeia Media Solutions Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Multifunction multimedia device" was invented by Amir H. Gharaat (Menlo Park, Calif.), James M. Barton (Los Gatos, Calif.) and Mukesh K. Patel (Fremont, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for interpreting messages, user-defined alert conditions, voice commands and performing an action in response is described. A method for annotating media content is described. A method for presenting additional content associated with media content identified based on a fingerprint is described. A method for identifying that an advertisement portion o...