ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,749, issued on May 6, was assigned to SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC (San Mateo, Calif.).

"System and method for capturing and sharing console gaming data" was invented by Nathan Gary (Santa Monica, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for capturing and sharing console gaming data is described. Embodiments capture gameplay data directly at the gaming console, without the need for external hardware. This allows users to easily capture rich console gaming experiences and share them across a variety of outlets. In one embodiment, the methods described herein can be implemented with a patch or driver on the opera...