ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,180, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Snap Inc (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Machine learning-based modification of image content" was invented by Celia Nicole Mourkogiannis (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for modifying a captured image. The program and method provide for displaying, by a messaging application, an image captured by a device camera; providing, by the messaging application, a user interface for selecting from among a plurality of content modifiers to modify the image, the plurality of c...