ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,210,676, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"User feedback based on retention prediction" was invented by Srinath Nizampatnam (Milpitas, Calif.), Mary A. Pyc (Campbell, Calif.), Steven A. Marchette (Saratoga, Calif.), Izzet B. Yildiz (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Grant H. Mulliken (Los Gatos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that assess physiological data of a user and a scene understanding of a physical environment to determine a retention state. For example, an example process may include obtaining physiological data in an envi...