ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,871, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Tokyo).
"Game play rewind with user triggered bookmarks" was invented by Mark E. Cerny (Los Angeles) and Dustin S. Clingman (San Mateo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method including receiving actuation of a universal button on a controller during live game play of a video game, wherein image frames of the live game play are displayed in sequential order, wherein a current image frame is being displayed when the universal button is actuated. The method including receiving selection of a rewind mode from features presented in a user interface displa...