ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,263,406, issued on April 1, was assigned to BOOMANITY CORP..

"System and method of gamification of real-life events" was invented by Andrew Jack Thomas (San Antonio) and Jane Dudley (Conifer, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is a system and method for gamification of real-life events over a computerized network. The system includes an observer module configured to generate real-life data in response to observation of a real-life event. The system includes an interface engine module configured to operate an ongoing computerized game that includes game objects. The system includes an implementation module configured to receive an...