ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,321,577, issued on June 3, was assigned to SNAP INC. (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Avatar customization system" was invented by Layton Hawkes (Santa Monica, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some implementations, a computer system may cause the presentation of a computer-guided process to enable a user to select a digital avatar, apply digital garment to the digital avatar, altar the digital garment as applied to the digital avatar and apply digital accessories to the digital avatar in order to generate a composite digital avatar. The computer system may cause the presentation of a user interface to allow a user to selectively enter the...