ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,220,634, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Tencent Technology Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Method, apparatus, and terminal for transmitting prompt information in multiplayer online battle program" was invented by Hao Song (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This application discloses a method for transmitting prompt information in a multiplayer online battle program performed by a terminal. The method includes: displaying a user interface (UI) from a perspective corresponding to a master virtual character of the multiplayer online battle program; receiving a prompt activation operation on the UI for activating a prompt infor...