ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,346,376, issued on July 1, was assigned to IRIS.TV INC. (Los Angeles).

"Digital content curation and distribution system and method" was invented by Field J. Garthwaite (Los Angeles), David Clausen (Seattle), Pehr Hovey (Los Angeles) and Winston Owens (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are systems and method for curating and distributing digital content; including: digital video, music, pictures, etc. For example, presented herein are systems and methods for providing a digital content program, including a plurality of continuously provided digital assets streamed over a digital content platform. Example embodime...