ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,428, issued on Nov. 18.
"Enabling a coach and multiple players to interact in a virtual game session" was invented by Nitikorn Waropas (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed system enables players and a coach to interact in a virtual game session. The system provides a virtual sports field, virtual players, and opposing virtual players, where a virtual player is controlled by a player and the coach, while the multiple opposing virtual players are configured to be controlled by the coach. The system receives an input from the coach indicating a movement of the virtual player. The system provides the input to the ...