ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,248,999, issued on March 11, was assigned to WeVideo Inc. (Lake Forest, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for a theme-based effects multimedia editing platform" was invented by Jostein Svendsen (Saratoga, Calif.), BjoRn Rustberggaard (Nesoya, Norway) and Krishna Menon (Saratoga, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods described herein relate to creating or modifying multimedia content using theme-based effects. In accordance with some implementations, a method can comprise the operations of: accessing foundational content; receiving a request to apply a theme to the foundational content; receiving a theme-based effect asso...