ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,940, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Adeia Guides Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for providing media guidance in relation to previously-viewed media assets" was invented by Andrew Fundament (Arlington Heights, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The systems and methods disclosed herein provide media guidance in relation to previously-viewed media assets. A request from a user to access a source by which a media asset is currently being transmitted to a plurality of users is received. In response to accessing the source by which the media asset is currently being transmitted, a viewing history associated with the use...