ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,988, issued on June 10, was assigned to CP Studios LLC (Salt Lake City).

"Multilayer framework architecture and user interface for video gaming applications" was invented by Brian Joseph Wiklem (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and Carrie Ann Cowan (Costa Mesa, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to a flexible architecture for video gaming applications. In some embodiments, the flexible architecture is platform agnostic and provides a continuous visual experience for players across different platforms while engaging them at different levels of play. The architecture provides user interfaces that facilitate acc...