ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,513,357, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Systems and methods for group capture of interactive software" was invented by Hamze Mohamad Kalache (Bellevue, Wash.) and Mehmet Akkurt (Redmond, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of capturing video and audio information includes, at a server computer, determining a capture group that includes at least a first client device and a second client device. The method further includes receiving a group capture request and transmitting an individual capture request to at least the second client device. The method further includes recei...