ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,598,345, issued on April 7, was assigned to TiVo Platform Technologies LLC (San Jose, Calif.).
"Displaying on-screen information" was invented by Enda Loughman (Galway, Ireland) and Michael Buckley (Offaly, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Generally disclosed herein is a mechanism to display information on persons or objects appearing in media content on a display screen, without obscuring the persons or object. An annotation may be displayed in connection with the particular person or object to indicate that the information for the person or object is available. The viewer may request the information relating to the person or obje...