ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,906, issued on May 27, was assigned to Adeia Guides Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Methods and systems for predictive buffering of related content segments" was invented by Vikram Makam Gupta (Bangalore, India) and Vishwas Sharadanagar Panchaksharaiah (Tumkur District, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The methods and systems described herein aid users by providing thorough and efficient content consumption. For example, the methods and systems buffer content segments related to a current portion of the content that the system is generating for display. The methods and systems determine a characteristic of the current portion of the co...