US Patent Issued to Snap on June 17 for "Selecting avatars to be included in the video being generated on demand" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,335,575, issued on June 17, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Selecting avatars to be included in the video being generated on demand" was invented by Bradley Kotsopoulos (Pickering, Canada) and Yang Gao (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method starts with a processor causing an electronic program guide (EPG) to be displayed on a first client device that is associated with a first user. Processor detects a selection of a selectable item included in the EPG associated with a media content item by the first user. Processor identifies a second user that is connected to the first user on a communication platform. Proce...