ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,524,947, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Display program, display method and display system" was invented by Guiming Dai (Osaka, Japan) and Toshiaki Kakii (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display program controls display of an activity in a virtual space, the activity being performed using a character operable by a user. The display program causes a computer to execute: displaying a first screen including the character and content, the content being based on details of the activity; and causing the display to transition to a second screen in response to an operation rela...