ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,861, issued on June 17, was assigned to HTC Corp. (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

"Computing apparatus, method, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium thereof" was invented by Sheng-Jie Luo (Taoyuan, Taiwan) and Chi-Chiang Huang (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computing apparatus, method, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium thereof are provided. The apparatus receives a plurality of character motion data of a plurality of virtual characters. The apparatus classifies the virtual characters based on the character motion data to generate a plurality of frame update groups, and each of the frame update g...