ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,409, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Sphere Entertainment Group LLC (New York).

"Interactive audiovisual synchronization for venues" was invented by Andrey Dobrikov (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Sarah Huth (Edison, N.J.), Aaron Pulkka (New York) and Benjamin Poynter (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Exemplary venues allow for members of an audience at different locations within these venues to simultaneously interact with an interactive content. The interactive content can convey one or more requisite actions to be performed by the members of the audience. However, the one or more requisite actions can reach members of the audience a...