ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,945, issued on April 15, was assigned to Steven Hoffberg (West Harrison, N.Y.).

"Interactive system and method" was invented by Gregory S. Rabin (New York) and Steven M. Hoffberg (West Harrison, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for receiving a set of images and analyzing them to determine at least one position in space and at least one motion vector in space and time for at least one object represented in the images. Using these vectors, a four dimensional model of at least a portion of the information represented in the images is formulated. This model generally obeys the laws of physics, though aberrations may...