ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,882, issued on June 30, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).

"Systems and methods for generating customized media content" was invented by Vladislav Isaev (West Vancouver, Canada), Yash Chaturvedi (Issaquah, Wash.), Steven James Cox (Mill Creek, Wash.), Jacobus Hendrik du Preez (Liberty Hill, Texas) and Yongjun Wu (Bellevue, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for generating customized media content are provided (for example, trailers or recaps for a movie or television show). For example, the system may generate a trailer to a television show that is tailored to a specific user, such as a trailer ...