ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,690, issued on June 3, was assigned to SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC (San Mateo, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for game assistance and presenting game guides" was invented by William Schupp (San Diego), John Smith (San Diego) and Caleb Coffey (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "System, process and device configurations are provided for game guides. A method can include detecting user interface selection of a game guide, updating display output and presentation of game guide content. A user interface, processes and device configurations are provided to provide game guidance to assist players of a game find detailed context s...