ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,387,187, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Paul M. Herring (Mt. Pleasant, S.C.).

"Systems and methods for remotely interacting with performers and influencing live events" was invented by Paul M. Herring (Mt. Pleasant, S.C.), Josef Kirk Myers II (Venice, Calif.), William Paul Herring (Mt. Pleasant, S.C.) and Nicholas David Rawn (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method of remotely influencing a performer at a live event is disclosed herein. The method, for example, can be implemented via a customer device including a display, a processor, and a memory configured to store an application that, when executed...