ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,016, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Tencent Technology Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Artificial intelligence object control method and apparatus, device, and storage medium" was invented by Shubao Zhang (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of this application disclose a method of controlling an artificial intelligence object performed by a terminal. The method includes: displaying, by the terminal, a virtual scene interface, the virtual scene interface including a virtual object controlled by the terminal; detecting, by the terminal, a control instruction via the virtual scene interface, the control instruct...