ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,848, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Adeia Guides Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for dynamically sharing media based on contact proximity, group participation, or event" was invented by Charles Dasher (Lawrenceville, Ga.), Christopher Phillips (Hartwell, Ga.) and Jean-Yves Couleaud (Mission Viejo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for dynamically sharing a media item based on satisfying a condition are disclosed. The methods provide the media item for selection based on selection of a contact or vice versa. The media item may be photo, video, audio, or another type of item in which the contact ...