ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,665, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT INC. (Tokyo).

"Computer system, game system, and replacement play execution control method" was invented by Teppei Miyano (Tokyo), Koji Asuna (Tokyo), Kiyoshi Minami (Yokohama, Japan), Kenichi Ogura (Kodaira, Japan), Akio Onda (Warabi, Japan), Takashi Aoki (Funabashi, Japan) and Shintaro Murai (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer system displays a game image (IM1) during replacement play by a second user and a notification of operation details based on an operation input by the second user on a game screen (W1) displayed on a first terminal of a first user...