ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,432,395, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to 17LIVE JAPAN INC. (Tokyo).

"Server, method and user terminal" was invented by Arun Rawal (Tokyo), Hardik Taneja (Tokyo), Kshitiz Yadav (Tokyo) and Abid Saudagar (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One object is to improve searches in livestreams. A server includes a circuitry, wherein the circuitry is configured to: hold, in a livestream information holding unit, information about livestreamers and viewers of livestreams performed on a livestreaming platform in a past; receive, by a request receiving unit, a search request from a user terminal of a first user of the livestreaming platform o...