ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,413,643, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Analyzing augmented reality content usage data" was invented by Jean Luo (Seattle) and Celia Nicole Mourkogiannis (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one or more implementations, user interfaces may be generated that include user interface elements that enable the tracking or monitoring of interactions with augmented reality content by users of a client application. Usage metrics for augmented reality content may be collected and analyzed. In addition, information about client application users that interact with augmented reality content may be ge...