US Patent Issued to Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) on May 27 for "Method and apparatus for using virtual prop, device, and storage medium" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,266, issued on May 27, was assigned to Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Method and apparatus for using virtual prop, device, and storage medium" was invented by Chao Liang (Shenzhen, China) and Zhihong Liu (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure include a method and apparatus for using a virtual prop, a device, and a storage medium, relating to supporting virtual environments. The method includes: displaying a user interface rom a first visual character's perspective; in response to a use instruction, controlling the first visual character to use a first virtual ...