ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,732,642, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to SportsMEDIA Technology Corp. (Durham, N.C.).

"Broadcast synchronization with fan engagement platform" was invented by Gerard J. Hall (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a server platform in communication with a plurality of user devices. The server platform retrieves and transmits data regarding a live broadcast event to the plurality of user devices and provides an interactive activity related to the live broadcast event. In one embodiment, in order to account for delays between the broadcasts of different players, the server platform utilizes at least o...