ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,150, issued on Oct. 7.

"System and method for monetizing advertising in a gaming or virtual system" was invented by Shervin Gerami (Ashburn, Va.) and Aaron Pawloski (Potomac Falls, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a system and method for use with video and online gaming. Embodiments may include providing, using at least one processor, a video game or online game and integrating an application programming interface with the video game or online game. Embodiments may include displaying an advertisement on a three dimensional ("3D") or four dimensional ("4D") object associated with the video game or on...