ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,048, issued on June 24, was assigned to Winview IP Holdings LLC (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Methodology for equalizing systemic latencies in television reception in connection with games of skill played in connection with live television programming" was invented by David B. Lockton (Redwood City, Calif.), Mark K. Berner (Santa Clara, Calif.), Mark J. Micheli (San Francisco) and David Lowe (Foster City, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of and system for handling latency issues encountered in producing real-time entertainment such as games of skill synchronized with live or taped televised events is described herein. There are m...