US Patent Issued to Netflix on May 19 for "Systems and methods for displaying custom-built layouts on a second screen device that has been converted to a video game controller" (American, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,589, issued on May 19, was assigned to Netflix Inc. (Los Gatos, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for displaying custom-built layouts on a second screen device that has been converted to a video game controller" was invented by Olivier Jean Poitrey (Le Chesnay, France), James Smith (Los Gatos, Calif.) and Chase Rubin Meuse (Woodbury, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed computer-implemented methods and systems cause a second screen device to display custom-built layouts once the second screen device has been converted to a video game controller. For example, the disclosed methods and system convert the second screen device t...