US Patent Issued to DataShapes on July 15 for "Navigating content by relevance" (Virginia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,363,387, issued on July 15, was assigned to DataShapes Inc. (Charlottesville, Va.).

"Navigating content by relevance" was invented by Tyson J. Thomas (Charlottesville, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus are described that enable consumers of media content to identify and navigate to content of interest. A graphical user interface (GUI) is provided in association with media content in which entities (e.g., keywords or distinct speakers) represented in the media content are presented in relation to the media timeline of the media content."

The patent was filed on March 25, 2024, under Application No. 18/615,356.

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