ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,417,630, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Tengin Entertainment (Orinda, Calif.).

"Connecting computing devices presenting information relating to the same or similar topics" was invented by Thomas Twist (Orinda, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A facility for connecting devices is described. The facility recurringly captures information presented by the distinguished device, each time generating a summary. The facility determines a short-term interest profile for the distinguished device based on summaries generated for information captured a first trailing window, and determines a long-term interest profile for the distinguishe...