US Patent Issued to Kabam on June 17 for "Identity-recognition-based promotions using virtual containers" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,563, issued on June 17, was assigned to Kabam Inc. (San Francisco).

"Identity-recognition-based promotions using virtual containers" was invented by Stephanie K. Schultz (San Francisco) and Michael C. Caldarone (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An approach to facilitating identity-recognition-based promotions using virtual containers is provided. A first virtual container may be associated with a first virtual item set and identified by a first container identifier. Container instances of the first virtual container that are purchased through a store interface during a first time period may be configured to be activat...