ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,399,615, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to BUNGIE INC. (Bellevue, Wash.).

"Virtualized physical controller" was invented by Gregory Peng (Bellevue, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are techniques for implementing a virtualized physical controller. The techniques may include receiving user input(s) on a touchscreen display of a user device, including a first touch from which can define a primary input region and one or more secondary touches offset from the first which can define or more secondary input regions arranged adjacent to the primary input region. The input regions are associated with respective input mecha...