ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,470, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Adaptive adjustments of perspective views for improving detail awareness for users associated with target entities of a virtual environment" was invented by Jason Thomas Faulkner (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system provides adaptive adjustments of perspective views for improving detail awareness for users associated with target entities of a virtual environment. A system can generate customized three-dimensional 3D views for each individual user participating in a communication session. The system can generate customized three-dim...