ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,568,264, issued on March 3, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Content distribution system in which viewer is able to give social tipping to each performer in distribution of moving image content generated by photographing plurality of performers delivering performances by turns, content distribution method, and storage medium" was invented by Nana Oyama (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A content distribution system in which a viewer can give a social tipping to each performer is provided. The content distribution system includes a distribution unit that distributes a moving image content which a photographing apparatus ...