ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,999, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Adeia Media Solutions Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Method and apparatus for creating and sharing customized multimedia segments" was invented by Joshua Danovitz (Alviso, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Multimedia content segment identified by users may be shared among media devices and media device users. Media content segment metadata is generated based on one or more identified media content item segments identified in one or more media content items. The media content segment metadata may include, but is not limited to, information indicating segment start and stop times, information abou...