ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,185, issued on July 14, was assigned to Comcast Cable Communications LLC (Philadelphia).

"Content marketplace and customization of content acquisition" was invented by Chris Kennedy (Highlands Ranch, Colo.), Rick Gasloli (Downingtown, Pa.), Amit Garg (Delran, N.J.) and Richard Woundy (North Reading, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosure relate to customization of content acquisition in a content marketplace. Such customization can provide access that is user-specific. In one aspect, the content marketplace can permit a consumer to inspect (e.g., browse or search) and acquire content offerings by customizing t...