ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,720,160, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to DISH Technologies LLC (Englewood, Colo.).

"Apparatus, systems and methods for synchronizing calendar information with electronic program guide information" was invented by Dale Mountain (Silsden, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods of media devices are operable to receive appointment information from an electronic device, wherein the appointment information is defined by a time period for a scheduled appointment for a user, and wherein the scheduled appointment requires the user to be at a remote location that is remote from a location of the media device such that ...