ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,948, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Lumiere AI LLC (Beverly, Mass.).

"Dynamic conversation-based video feedback system" was invented by Steve Mushkin (Beverly, Mass.) and Christopher Simpkins (North Smithfield, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer system engages in a dynamic conversation with a viewer of a video while the video is being played. The system generates prompts to the viewer based on one or more of the following: previous inputs received from the viewer, content of the video, information extracted from the video (such as objects, characters, and scenes in the video), and external information (such as informati...