ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,585,341, issued on March 24, was assigned to KIBEAM LEARNING INC. (Oakland, Calif.).

"Systems and methods to interactively control delivery of serial content using a handheld device" was invented by Nelson George Publicover (Bellingham, Wash.) and Lewis James Marggraff (Lafayette, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are described in which user reactions to one or more interactions initiated by a handheld device are a basis for controlling the broadcasting of serial content on a content delivery device such as a television or tablet. Interactions initiated on the handheld device may include visual, acoustic and/or h...