ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,640, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to IGT (Las Vegas).

"Systems and methods for streaming in a gaming environment" was invented by Dwayne R. Nelson (Las Vegas) and Kevin Higgins (Reno, Nev.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods that enable a user at a streaming device to create, configure, and transmit a live stream via a live streaming platform. In various embodiments, the streaming device provides the ability to capture the relevant game play displays displayed by the display device of the streaming device being played by the streamer and the audio of such game plays, the ability to capture the video of at least parts ...