ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,769,436, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Spotify AB (Stockholm).

"Systems and methods for generating media content recommendations for shared playback" was invented by Jennifer Lamere (Cumberland, Maine), Gerson Luis Ferreira Da Silva Filho (Pompano Beach, Fla.), Jeremy Hopple (Jackson, Wyo.), Maia Ezratty (New York), Julia Eskew (Boston), David Suarez (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Mike Moscardini (Boston), Evelyn Lucas (New York) and Michael Mazzola (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer system receives, while a first user is participating in a shared playback session that includes the first user and a plurality of users other ...