ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,242, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to MICWARE Co. LTD. (Kobe, Japan).

"Information processing system and information processing method" was invented by Sumito Yoshikawa (Kobe, Japan) and Shigehiko Miura (Kobe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A server collects image pickup data picked up by an image pickup device that is held by a moving body. The server generates spot information in which information regarding a spot specified based on a post in a social networking service is associated with position information indicating a position of the spot and transmits the spot information to an information display device. The informati...