US Patent Issued to Adeia Guides on Sept. 2 for "Efficient video player navigation" (Massachusetts, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,405,718, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Adeia Guides Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Efficient video player navigation" was invented by V. Michael Bove Jr. (Wrentham, Mass.) and Reda Harb (Bellevue, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and method for displaying two navigation bars to navigate a video asset, where the first navigation bar provides navigation to a predetermined point and the second navigation bar allows a frame-by-frame navigation are described. The methods determine the time span, coverage of scene and chapters, and display formats of the second navigation bar. The time span of the second navigation bar may be confi...