ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,693, issued on April 29, was assigned to GREE INC. (Tokyo).

"Method of synchronizing online game, and server device" was invented by Robert Jay Gould (Minato-ku, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a method of synchronizing an online game, and a server device, that do not require centralized information management, reduce the processing burden on each device during online communication, and allow for continuation of processing in an offline environment. A method, according to the present disclosure, of synchronizing an online game that allows for transmission and reception of information related to gam...