US Patent Issued to Electronic Arts on March 25 for "Replay editor in video games" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,499, issued on March 25, was assigned to Electronic Arts Inc. (Redwood City, Calif.).

"Replay editor in video games" was invented by Clayton W. Vaught (Sammamish, Wash.), Cullen J. Waters Jr. (Saint Johns, Fla.) and James Lawrence Ricker (Cologne, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gaming system may allow for a user to capture and/or edit simulation state data of gameplay in a video game such that a replay of the gameplay may be rendered and/or shared. The gaming system may receive simulation state data and a request. The simulation state data may include simulation state(s) which include a model and pose state of an avatar co...