ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,448, issued on April 29, was assigned to MILESTONE ENTERTAINMENT LLC (Beverly Hills, Calif.).
"System for prizing remote users using real life sports personalities" was invented by Randall M. Katz (Beverly Hills, Calif.) and Gary Dawson (Thousand Oaks, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods and apparatus for game play using virtual players, sometimes referred to herein as vBots, where they may have images including those of real world personalities, such as sports personalities, is disclosed. In one aspect, a system for electronic game play involves the use of the system wherein one or more virtual players are displaye...