ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,011, issued on March 25, was assigned to MetaSoul Inc. (New York).

"Machine learning systems and methods for sensory augmentation using gaze tracking and emotional prediction techniques" was invented by Patrick Levy-Rosenthal (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for reading sensory augmentation comprising displaying a text on a reading device, determining a reader's current location in the text with a gaze tracking system, identifying a subsequent location in the text, processing the text at the subsequent location with an emotion processing unit to predict an emotional response to the text at the subsequent location, g...