ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,514, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to BANDAI Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Match-making system, program, and server" was invented by Tomonori Fukui (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In order to realize communication with improved comfortability, a match-making system for provides communication through avatars arranged in a virtual space and a service of match-making for a match game, comprises a first accepting unit which accepts a connection from an information communication terminal of a user of the service; an assignment unit which assigns a first kind avatar, which is an object of match-making for the match game, to the user of the in...