ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,443,645, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to AURA HOME INC. (San Francisco).

"Photo content clustering for digital picture frame display and automated frame conversation" was invented by Ophir Frieder (Chevy Chase, Md.), Abdur Chowdhury (San Francisco), Eric Jensen (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Ben Cherry (San Francisco), Richard Sanford (Seattle) and Alek Kolcz (Issaquah, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for automated routing of pictures taken on mobile electronic devices to a digital picture frame including a camera, microphone, and speaker integrated with the frame, and a network connection module allowing the frame for dir...