US Patent Issued to HULU on Oct. 7 for "Identification of elements in a group for dynamic element replacement" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,119, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to HULU LLC (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Identification of elements in a group for dynamic element replacement" was invented by Zachary Mckeel Cava (Seattle, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, a method determines an element that is associated with a value in a manifest presentation description for a media presentation being played. The value indicates the element of the manifest presentation description is part of a group. Elements in the manifest presentation description are reviewed to determine whether elements in the one or more elements are associated with the value. The met...