US Patent Issued to SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT on Sept. 30 for "Instantiation of an interactive entertainment experience with preconditions required to earn a virtual item" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,425, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC. (Tokyo).

"Instantiation of an interactive entertainment experience with preconditions required to earn a virtual item" was invented by Warren Benedetto (Foothill Ranch, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method including receiving a notification of interest regarding a virtual item, wherein the virtual item is displayed in a virtual environment viewable by a requesting user. The method including accessing information of the virtual item, wherein the virtual item acquired by a first user is encoded with metadata including conditions that were satisfied ...