ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,536,220, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Adeia Guides Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for searching for a media asset" was invented by Sashikumar Venkataraman (Andover, Mass.) and Ahmed Nizam Mohaideen Pathurudeen (Kovilpatti, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for searching for a media asset are described. In some aspects, the system includes control circuitry that receives a first search query from a user. The control circuitry identifies media assets related to the first search query from a content database. The control circuitry receives a second search query following the first search query. Th...