US 12118290

Summary of U.S. Patent 12,118,290

A comprehensive review of U.S. Patent 12,118,290 reveals a system for creating personalized and interactive digital documents. The patent, assigned to Turtl Surf and Immerse Ltd, details a method for dynamically assembling content from various sources into a cohesive, customized document for a reader.

Title: Methods and systems for interactive content creation

Assignee: Turtl Surf and Immerse Ltd

Inventor: Nicholas Kingsley Mason

Filing Date: July 24, 2023

Issue Date: October 15, 2024

Abstract:
The patent describes a system for personalizing interactive content. This system includes a content creation component that allows for the creation of content items, at least one of which is associated with a set of rules. These rules can define a link to another document or a rule for assembling the content into a personalized document. The system also features a content personalization component that receives instructions to personalize a document, assembles various content items from the given document and potentially other documents based on the predefined rules, and then renders the final personalized document using a specific brand style.

Overview of Independent Claims

The patent includes two independent claims, which form the core of the invention.

Independent Claim 1: This claim outlines a system for the automatic assembly of an interactive document. In plain language, it describes a server-based system that can:

• Embed a set of rules into a "modular item" (a piece of content) within a first document.
• Receive parameters from a user to personalize that first document.
• Based on those parameters and the embedded rules, automatically pull a second modular item from a different, second document.
• Finally, assemble this second content piece with the first document to create a new, "derivative" document.

Essentially, this claim protects a method of building a new document on-the-fly by intelligently grabbing and combining pieces of content from other existing documents based on user-defined criteria.

Independent Claim 2 (referred to as a second aspect in the patent): This claim describes a system for personalizing an interactive document with two main components. In simpler terms, it covers a system where:

• A first component is used to create one or more modular content items for a document. At least one of these items has a set of rules that either links it to another document or dictates how it should be assembled into a new, personalized document.
• A second component takes instructions to personalize a given document. It then assembles a collection of modular items, pulled from the original document and at least one other document, based on the rules associated with the content. This newly assembled "derivative document" is then displayed using a style associated with the original document.

This claim focuses on the functional components of the system: one for creating rule-based content modules and another for using those rules to build and render a personalized document for the end-user.

A search of the CAFC 2026 dockets for litigation involving U.S. Patent 12,118,290 did not yield any specific results. There is no information to suggest that this patent is currently the subject of litigation before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in 2026.