ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,116, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Adeia Guides Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for seamlessly outputting embedded media from a digital page on nearby devices most suitable for access" was invented by Vikram Makam Gupta (Bangalore, India) and Vishwas Sharadanagar Panchaksharaiah (Karnataka, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for enhancing user experience in accessing media of a certain content type by outputting the media on a nearby device that is better suited for access. For example, a media guidance application may determine that a user is accessing, on his/her smartphone, a digital page (e....