ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,327,273, issued on June 10, was assigned to Adeia Guides Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for automatic subscription-based ordering of product components" was invented by Denisse Breaux (Lansdale, Pa.), Matthew Wildrick (Doylestown, Pa.), Evangeline Castaneda (West Chester, Pa.) and Mark Thompson (Havertown, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are disclosed herein for automatic subscription-based ordering of product components. During display of media content, the system receives a voice input and determines that the voice input indicates interest in a product. The system identifies the components required...