ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,541,933, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to FYUSION INC. (San Francisco).

"Modification of multi-view interactive digital media representation" was invented by Stefan Johannes Josef Holzer (San Mateo, Calif.), Stephen David Miller (San Francisco), Pantelis Kalogiros (San Francisco), George Haber (Los Altos Hills, Calif.) and Radu Bogdan Rusu (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are mechanisms and processes for inserting a visual element into a multi-view digital media representation (MVIDMR). In one example, a process includes analyzing an MVIDMR to determine if there is an appropriate location to insert a visual element....