ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,413,827, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to NETEASE (HANGZHOU) NETWORK Co. LTD. (Hangzhou, China).

"Method and apparatus for acquiring prop information, device, and computer readable storage medium" was invented by Xiang Gao (Zhejiang, China) and Jing Sun (Zhejiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for acquiring prop information, a device, and a computer readable storage medium. The method comprises: receiving, by a transaction platform, information on game props during a live broadcast of a game, and generating an identification code for accessing the information on game props;...