US Patent Issued to Activision Publishing on July 22 for "Methods and systems for enabling spectator selection and modification of video game storylines" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,923, issued on July 22, was assigned to Activision Publishing Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Methods and systems for enabling spectator selection and modification of video game storylines" was invented by Michael Sanders (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a multiplayer video game, virtual cameras are controlled by continually assessing and ranking storylines relating to the interactions of various players during a game session. A ranking for each storyline may be based on various factors such as, but not limited to, what the players can see, the distance between certain players, nearby game items or in-game. Subsequently, ...