ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,346, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to IGT (Las Vegas).
"Methods and systems for virtual gaming asset allocation" was invented by Kevin Higgins (Reno, Nev.) and Dwayne Nelson (Las Vegas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to facilitating access to assets in a virtual and/or real-life gaming environment. For example, allocating assets in a Virtual Reality (VR) environment can comprise providing, to a VR user device, a representation of a virtual casino including a virtual asset, receiving, from the VR user device, a request to utilize the virtual asset, and performing a validation process...