US Patent Issued to Comcast Cable Communications on June 24 for "Selective modification of content output to enhance user experience" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,052, issued on June 24, was assigned to Comcast Cable Communications LLC (Philadelphia).

"Selective modification of content output to enhance user experience" was invented by Adam Eng (Golden, Colo.) and David Eng (Louisville, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for selectively modifying output of one more portions of a content item. Selective modifications may comprise enabling closed captioning for portions with difficult-to-understand dialogue, alerts of upcoming portions of a content item, skipping or replaying portions of a content item, volume adjustments, and/or contrast adjustm...