ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,439, issued on April 7, was assigned to DISH NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES (Bangalore, India) and INDIA PRIVATE Ltd. (Bangalore, India).

"Controlling content receiver using customizable gestural commands of remote control" was invented by Rajesh Govindu (Bangalore, India), Mansoor Ahmed (Bangalore, India), Yashwanth Melwanki (Bangalore, India), PrasannaKumar L (Bangalore, India) and Srinivasarao Duddu (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques are disclosed for controlling a content receiver using customizable gestural commands of a remote. The remote typically includes one or more buttons and a scroll input and is adapted to...