ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,933, issued on July 22, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).

"Enhanced streaming video advertisement integration" was invented by Anirudh Gopalakrishnan (Milpitas, Calif.), Arindam Bhattacharya (Fremont, Calif.), Lionel Bitoun (Palo Alto, Calif.), Scott Anthony Siegler (Redwood City, Calif.), Nitesh K. Phatnani (Los Altos, Calif.) and Arpitkumar Shah (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems, and methods are provided for enhanced streaming video advertisement integration. A method may include receiving, by a first device, from a second device, a request for advertisement opportunities for a strea...