ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,048, issued on April 14, was assigned to AlmondNet Inc. (Long Island City, N.Y.).
"User control of replacement television advertisements inserted by a smart television" was invented by Roy Shkedi (Forest Hills, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is performed using a smart TV, which receives from a television signal source device a television signal feed encoding primary television content and then presents that content. The smart TV receives data via the computer network, including first data representing a to-be-replaced portion of the primary television content and second data representing secondary television content. U...