ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,335,577, issued on June 17, was assigned to ADEIA GUIDES INC. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Interactive pronunciation learning system" was invented by Serhad Doken (Bryn Mawr, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for generating audible pronunciation of a closed captioning word in a content item. For example, a system generates for output on a first device a content item comprising dialogue. The system generates for display on the first device a closed captioning word corresponding to the dialogue where the closed captioning word is selectable via a user interface of the first device. The system receives a selection of the closed...