ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,325, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to GTG Technologies LLC (Sugar Land, Texas).
"Method and system for competitive video game playing" was invented by Timothy James Farrell Jr. (Hanson, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for league, tournament, and competition video game playing initiated through an application from an application provider's server downloaded onto a video game player's computer system, and video game playing is implemented through a service provider's server system. The service provider places a player in a lobby and the player selects a game, contest, and platform using the player's computer system. Pla...