ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,432,262, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Netflix Inc. (Los Gatos, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for predicting user experiences during digital content system sessions" was invented by Prasanna Vijayanathan (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Alexander Christian Pavlakis (New York City, N.Y.) and Andrew David Eichacker (Overland Park, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed computer-implemented methods and systems leverage machine learning techniques to generate disruption and delight predictions associated with digital media sessions. For example, the methods and systems discussed herein generate input features for a deep neural network ...