ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,400,084, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Adeia Guides Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for determining context switching in conversation" was invented by Ahmed Nizam Mohaideen P (Kovilpatti, India), Sashikumar Venkataraman (Andover, Mass.) and Manik Malhotra (Bengaluru KA, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are described to address shortcomings in a conventional conversation system via a novel technique utilizing artificial neural networks to train the conversation system whether or not to continue context. In some aspects, an interactive media guidance application determines a type of conversation c...