ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,363,380, issued on July 15, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).
"Systems and methods for tracking device engagement" was invented by Ali Abdool (Los Angeles), Wenbin Ouyang (Redmond, Va.) and Hengameh Mirzaalian Dastjerdi (Culver City, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are systems and methods for tracking device engagement The system includes a viewing device (e.g., television, etc.) and an eye-tracking device (e.g., a camera, etc.). The eye-tracking device is configured to capture data about the gaze of a viewer to determine if the viewer is watching the television at any given point in time. This informatio...