US Patent Issued to NINTENDO on Nov. 11 for "Systems and methods of processing player interactions in a multiplayer virtual game space" (Japanese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,857, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to NINTENDO Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Systems and methods of processing player interactions in a multiplayer virtual game space" was invented by Chris Polney (Redmond, Wash.), Kees Luyendijk (Redmond, Wash.), Daisy Pigeon (Redmond, Wash.), Ryan Garvan (Redmond, Wash.), Carlie Olson (Redmond, Wash.), Jonathan Johnson (Redmond, Wash.), Rory Johnston (Redmond, Wash.), Hitomi Koda (Kyoto, Japan) and Yoshiaki Koizumi (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer system is provided that enables players to play an online multiplayer game. When collisions are detected in the game, energy objects...