ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,190, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to YAMAHA Corp. (Hamamatsu, Japan).

"Distribution system, distribution method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium" was invented by Ryunosuke Daido (Hamamatsu, Japan) and Takashi Mori (Hamamatsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A distribution system includes an obtaining circuit, a determination circuit, a generation circuit, and a distribution circuit. The obtaining circuit obtains reaction information from a terminal device of a viewer of the content. The reaction information indicates a reaction of the viewer to the content. The determination circuit determines whether th...