ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,176, issued on Nov. 18.

"Automated system and method for creating structured data objects for a media-based electronic document" was invented by Jatin V. Mehta (Voorhees, N.J.) and Stephen Joslyn Myers (Bear, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system including a media data optimization engine (MDOE) and a method for automatically creating structured data objects for media content rendered in one or more languages in an electronic document of a business entity are provided. The MDOE identifies non-textual objects including media content rendered in one or more languages in the electronic document and generates textual objects in th...