ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,289,480, issued on April 29, was assigned to SportsMEDIA Technology Corp. (Durham, N.C.).
"Broadcast synchronization with fan engagement platform" was invented by Gerard J. Hall (Durham, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides an improved method for synchronizing a mobile application to a video broadcast. A server platform is in communication with a plurality of user devices. The server platform retrieves and transmits data regarding a live broadcast event to the plurality of user devices and provides an interactive activity related to the live broadcast event. In one embodiment, in order to account for delays b...