ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,577, issued on Nov. 18.

"Aquarium video entertainment system" was invented by Patrick McAllister (Conifer, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various examples of aquarium or habitat enclosure integrated video systems are described. In one examples, an apparatus includes a display device integrated with a transparent surface of a habitat enclosure, a computing device comprising at least one processor; and a memory comprising computer-readable instructions. Computing device causes the display device to show video programming that is stored locally or accessed over a network."

The patent was filed on April 22, 2024, under Application...