ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,954, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to 17LIVE JAPAN INC. (Tokyo).
"Server, method, and terminal" was invented by Ryoya Masuda (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a server configured to provide a game that is playable in a livestream and involves gaining or losing points. The server includes: a relay unit adapted to transmit a video data related to the livestream from a terminal of a live-streamer to a terminal of a viewer; a receiving unit adapted to receive a start request for the game from the terminal of the viewer over a network; and a starting unit adapted to start to provide the game in the livestream to the termin...