ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,810, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Loop Now Technologies Inc. (San Mateo, Calif.).

"Expandable video loop with replacement audio" was invented by Edwin Chiu (Cupertino, Calif.), Jerry Ting Kwan Luk (Menlo Park, Calif.), Jeremiah Kevin Tu (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Ziming Zhuang (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for manipulating an expandable video loop with replacement audio are provided. A video that includes a performance by an individual is accessed. One or more processors are used to identify a minimum desired loop within the performance by the individual. Video information is extracted from the video l...