US Patent Issued to T-Mobile Innovations on Jan. 13 for "Call integration with computer-generated reality" (Kansas, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,526,611, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to T-Mobile Innovations LLC (Overland Park, Kan.).

"Call integration with computer-generated reality" was invented by Robert Ralph Zaruba (Overland Park, Kan.) and Mark Davis Holland (Arlington, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The technology described herein allows a user to bring phone functionality into a virtual world without disrupting the virtual world experience. For example, the technology described herein enables the user to make and receive calls while in the virtual world, access their contacts, and recent call information. The user may also send and receive text communications. This ...