Recentive sued Fox for infringing four of its patents related to using machine learning to generate network maps and event schedules for television broadcasts and live events. The district court initially dismissed the case, finding Recentive's patents claimed ineligible subject matter under patent law. The Federal Circuit affirmed this dismissal, concluding that the patents merely described the application of generic machine learning techniques to a specific field without demonstrating any inventive improvement to the technology itself. The court determined that applying existing technology to a new data environment or achieving faster results does not automatically confer patent eligibility. Full case summary