ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,342, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Comcast Cable Communications LLC (Philadelphia).

"Multi-party location-based VR shared space usage optimization" was invented by Michael Chen (Wallingford, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for providing XR experiences to multiple users. A plurality of XR devices might participate in a group XR experience. Physical environment data may be determined for each XR device. Virtual play areas for each of the XR devices may be determined. The different virtual play areas may be fit into different areas of a predefined virtual play area, and/or may be com...