ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,392, issued on July 15, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Social utilization of campfire display" was invented by Thomas A. Seder (Fraser, Mich.), Joseph F. Szczerba (Grand Blanc, Mich.) and John P. Weiss (Shelby Township, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of using a system for generating a centrally located floating image display includes displaying a first image including real-time social media information with a first display, receiving the first image with a first reflector, reflecting the first image with the first reflector, displaying, a second image including real-time social media in...