US Patent Issued to XappMedia on Oct. 27 for "Event-based speech interactive media player" (Virginia, District Of Columbia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,776,312, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to XappMedia Inc. (Centreville, Va.).

"Event-based speech interactive media player" was invented by Patrick B. Higbie (Centreville, Va.), John P. Kelvie (Washington), Michael M. Myers (Washington) and Franklin D. Raines (Washington).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Interactive content containing audio or video may be provided in conjunction with non-interactive content containing audio or video to enhance user engagement and interest with the contents and to increase the effectiveness of the distributed information. Interactive content may be directly inserted into the existing, non-interactive conte...