ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,277,128, issued on April 15, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).
"Companion experience" was invented by Sean E. Kollenkark (Seattle), Andrew P. Oakley (Seattle), Cory J. Cirrincione (Bellevue, Wash.), Douglas D. Berrett (Seattle) and Joseph L. McClanahan (Redmond, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments provide a so-called companion experience in which content consumed on a primary screen can serve as a source for an automatic search that returns related content that can be presented on an auxiliary screen. The companion experience can be considered to reside in a layer that can be moved a...