ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,450,846, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Orange (Issy-les-Moulineaux, France).

"Mixed-reality communication method, communication system, computer program, and information medium" was invented by Guillaume Bataille (Chatillon, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for communication between a first mixed-reality terminal and a second mixed-reality terminal via a communication network, the method including the following: transmitting by the first terminal of a first user to the second terminal of a second user: a first virtual character generated on the basis of data relating to the first user and captured by the first terminal...