ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,289,498, issued on April 29, was assigned to Adeia Guides Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Search and recommendation of media assets through conversational use of catchphrases" was invented by Sahir Nasir (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "During a conversation the participants of the conversation may use catchphrases that are associated with particular characters, media assets, or media personalities. The catchphrases may be associated with information such as the media asset where the catchphrase was originally spoken, the speaker, and keywords relating to the media asset. Based on this associated information and the participant'...