ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,348,823, issued on July 1, was assigned to Paramount Pictures Corp. (Hollywood, Calif.).

"Computing network for synchronized streaming of audiovisual content" was invented by Eugene M. Lee (Northridge, Calif.), Stephanie Anne Simard (Los Angeles), Abraham Chee Shun Wong (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) and Alyson Elise Grove (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a system provides substantially synchronized streaming. The system comprises at least one server, in communication with a user profile database, and operable to communicate, over a network, with client devices connected to the Internet; and provide a media stream to th...