ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,176, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Cox Communications Inc. (Atlanta).

"Machine learning and distributed processing for creating avatars while watching video content" was invented by Yousef Wasef Nijim (Cumming, Ga.), Anthony Joseph Insinga (Powder Springs, Ga.) and Carol Jeanette Ansley (Johns Creek, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to aspects disclosed herein, a method of using machine learning as part of creating avatars while watching video content is provided. According to an aspect, a method is configured for receiving a request to create an avatar based on the video content and, in response to receiving the req...