ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,777,209, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to SAIMA INC. (Woodland Hills, Calif.).

"Reproduction at adaptive speed for real-time media streaming" was invented by Mnatsakan Sharafyan (Yerevan, Armenia), Narek Hovsepyan (Yerevan, Armenia) and Gor Matevosyan (Yerevan, Armenia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques are described for adapting the playback speed of a real-time media stream to the user's audio comprehension level while maintaining the real-time reproduction of the media stream. In an implementation while receiving a media stream for playback at an original playback speed in real-time, optimal playback speed(s) are determined f...