ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,212,803, issued on Jan. 28.
"System and method for acquiring interactivity for objects appearing in media content captured through an image capture device of a user device" was invented by Neal C. Fairbanks (Livonia, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for enabling interactive content for objects appearing in media content captured through an image capture device of a user device is disclosed. A portable package associated with the media content is provided to receive interactive elements corresponding to the objects and object metadata. The media content is associated with an identifiable feature that is present and...