ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,143, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Adeia Guides Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Systems and methods for identifying users based on voice data and media consumption data" was invented by Sean Matthews (Los Altos, Calif.), Benjamin H. Maughan (Pleasanton, Calif.) and Kevin B. Lenhart (Campbell, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are disclosed herein for identifying users based on voice data and media consumption data. A media guidance application may generate a voice signature from the user's input and based on that signature identify some demographic characteristics of the user (e.g., age, gender, and other suita...