ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,434, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Tencent Technology Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).
"Game mode display method" was invented by Zhihong Liu (Shenzhen, China) and Chao Liang (Shenzhen, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a display method, a first picture of a first game mode is displayed in a first display area of a video game interface. A request to play a first video of the first game mode is received via the video game interface. The first video is played in the first display area in response to the request to play the first video, the first video including instructional pictures of the first game mode."
The patent was filed o...