ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,236,764, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to The ADT Security Corp. (Boca Raton, Fla.).

"Determining areas of interest in video based at least on a user's interactions with the video" was invented by Shy Ward (Flower Mound, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one or more embodiments, an interaction device is provided. The interaction device includes processing circuitry configured to render for display a first premises security video comprising a plurality of frames, determine a user interaction with a playback of the first premises security video, determine a plurality of logical weights associated with the plurality of fra...