ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,166, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to DWANGO Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Content distribution system, content distribution method, and computer program" was invented by Nobuo Kawakami (Tokyo), Shinnosuke Iwaki (Tokyo), Takashi Kojima (Tokyo), Toshihiro Shimizu (Tokyo) and Hiroaki Saito (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure has a configuration in which a distributor who performs a separate distribution that is different from this live content, or a viewer who views this separate distribution can participate in a virtual space and express intent or participate in visual recognition through the commitment of a virtual it...