ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,846, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Techniques for dynamically generating media content clips based on key events that occur" was invented by Augustin J. Farrugia (Los Altos Hills, Calif.), David Varas Gonzalez (Barcelona, Spain) and Derek A. Hunter (Aptos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This Application sets forth techniques for dynamically generating media content clips based on key events that occur. In particular, the techniques enable key events to be identified among a stream of events that take place in the real world (e.g., at awards events, at social events, at sporting events, etc...