ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,062, issued on June 17, was assigned to Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Virtual object control method and apparatus, device, storage medium, and program product" was invented by Zhihong Liu (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of controlling a virtual object in a virtual scene is performed by a computer device. The method includes: displaying a virtual scene picture including a first virtual object, the first virtual object including a first body part equipped with a first virtual prop and a second body part equipped with a second virtual prop; in response to receiving a first trigger op...