ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,827, issued on May 27, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).

"Enhanced audiovisual synchronization using synthesized natural signals" was invented by Andrew Collins (Eversley, Great Britain), Alexander Charles Mackin (Stonehouse, Great Britain), Benoit Quentin Arthur Vallade (London), David William Higham (Sheffield, Great Britain) and Erdem Durgut (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems, and methods are provided for receiving, by a first device, a first video feed from a first camera at a first televised event the first video feed comprising synthesized content preceding the first televised event, the s...