ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,645, issued on June 17, was assigned to InterDigital VC Holdings Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"System and method for hybrid format spatial data distribution and rendering" was invented by Tatu V. J. Harviainen (Helsinki).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are described for providing spatial content using a hybrid format. In some embodiments, a client device receives, from a server, surface light field representations of a plurality of scene elements in a 3D scene, including a first scene element. The client device provides to the server an indication of a dynamic behavior of a second scene element different from the first ...