ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,977, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Adeia Guides Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for selecting supplemental content for a user based on a helping user's behavior" was invented by Mona Singh (Cary, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for selecting supplemental content based on a conversation between a user and a helper are disclosed. The methods analyze a conversation, or other interactions, to determine the context and determine whether content discussed is associated with a product or service in the marketplace and of interest to the user. A factor-based determination is made whether to track help...