ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,961, issued on July 8, was assigned to QUALCOMM Inc. (San Diego).

"Protection of user's health from overindulgence in metaverse" was invented by Sunwoo Park (Yongin-si, South Korea), Justin Mcgloin (Los Altos, Calif.), Heegyum Kim (Bucheon-si, South Korea) and Won-Seon Choi (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Innovative techniques and apparatuses to control metaverse presentation are disclosed. The proposed techniques and apparatuses allow prevention of overindulgence to metaverse presentation based on user biometrics (e.g., oxygen saturation, heart rate, body temperature, blood pressure, etc.). If the biometrics indica...