ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,361,344, issued on July 15, was assigned to Ameritech Solutions Inc. (Clifton, Va.).
"Music/video messaging" was invented by Nader Asghari Kamrani (Centreville, Va.) and Kamran Asghari Kamrani (Centreville, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Device(s) and computer program products for creating custom music/video messages to facilitate and/or improve social interaction. The created music/video messages include at least portions of: music, video, pictures, slideshows, and/or text. The music/video messages enable feelings or emotions to be communicated by the user of the device to one or more recipient device(s)."
The patent was filed on M...