ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,463, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to NCSOFT Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method for providing item enhancement service in game" was invented by Jong Min Park (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Song Hee So (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Joo Won Lee (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Yeon Gyeong Joo (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Jung Joon Kim (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Dan Bi Bae (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Jin Soo Seo (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Yoon Chae Lee (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a method for operating an electronic device with a display. The method includes displaying, in a first area of a user inter...