ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,430,984, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to IGT (Las Vegas).

"Factoring inputs from client devices in a game outcome of a streaming device operating in a game streaming 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 one or more users at one or more client devices interacting with a live streaming platform to make one or more inputs to potentially alter one or more game outcomes displayed in association with a streaming device that is also interacting with the live streaming platform."

The patent was filed on March 23, 2023, under Ap...