ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,919, issued on July 15, was assigned to GN Audio A/S (Ballerup, Denmark).

"Methods and apparatus for monitoring actions during gameplay" was invented by Jeffrey Nicholas Mahlmeister (Glenview, Ill.), Thomas J. Panfil (La Grange, Ill.), Thane Kurt Woidan (Chicago), Michael John Lelli (Chicago), Joel Wood Hunsley (Des Plaines, Ill.), Jason Robert Christian (Chicago) and Tino Soelberg (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, a processor that facilitates a performance of operations. The operations may include obtaining an identification of an action to monitor dur...