ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,425,539, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Adeia Media Holdings LLC (San Jose, Calif.).

"Closed captioning management system" was invented by Torbjorn Einarsson (Stockholm).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Media content typically includes closed captioning information such as subtitled in domestic and foreign languages. Techniques and mechanisms provide that closed captioning information may be toggled on/off using menu options and preferences as well as automatically managed by intelligently monitoring the environment surrounding a device. Device sensors such as microphones and vibration monitors determine the noise level of an environm...