US Patent Issued to Adeia Media Holdings on July 22 for "Consumer choice for broadband application and content services" (Colorado, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,715, issued on July 22, was assigned to Adeia Media Holdings LLC (San Jose, Calif.).

"Consumer choice for broadband application and content services" was invented by Michael J. Fargano (Louisville, Colo.), Charles I. Cook (Louisville, Colo.), Kevin M. McBride (Lone Tree, Colo.) and John T. Pugaczewski (Hugo, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Novel tools and techniques might provide for implementing application, service, and/or content access control. Based at least in part on a consumer's choice of applications, services, content, and/or content providers-particular in exchange for a subsidy on content and/or network access fees p...