ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,720,165, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to BOXCAST INC. (Cleveland).

"Method and protocol for transmission of video and audio data" was invented by Gordon R. Daily (Cleveland), Justin R. Hartman (Twinsburg, Ohio), Ronald C. Hopper (Berea, Ohio) and Joel S. Helbling (Berea, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved backhaul protocol is provided, as well as computer-implemented systems and methods for autonomously broadcasting video data, audio data, or video and audio data during an event, wherein the broadcasting can be scheduled in advance and from a remote location (e.g., using a web browser), and wherein the video/audio data is...