ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,505, issued on March 25, was assigned to SQUARE ENIX Ltd. (London).

"Video game with coaching session" was invented by Carle Cote (Montreal), Ugo Louche (Montreal), Eric Martel (Montreal) and Romain Trachel (Montreal).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operating a computer for carrying out a video game is provided. The method includes maintaining a gaming environment in a non-transitory memory, with the gaming environment defining an autonomous agent and a behavioral model associated with the agent. The method also includes implementing a gaming session of the video game during which the agent carries out actions in accordanc...