ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,763, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Arlo Technologies Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).
"Dynamic masking for media playback" was invented by Rajinder Singh (San Jose, Calif.), Timothy Johnston (Los Gatos, Calif.) and Mikio Yves Matsuo (Vancouver, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of dynamic masking of variably selected portions of the media content based upon real-time audience composition is provided. The method includes the steps of identifying one or more members of an audience for playback of media content. Upon identifying one or more audience members, retrieving corresponding preselected preferences for media playback. ...