ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,184, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to N.E.R.D.S. LLC (Dallas).

"Visual content replacement system and method" was invented by Herbert N Kresh (Dallas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A visual content replacement system includes a visual device with a screen; a digital device in communication with the visual device and having a processing unit to execute software instructions; a server providing the software instructions; the processing unit and software instructions scan a stream of visual content being actively displayed on the screen; determine when the stream of visual content includes a first trigger indicating a first transition w...