ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,193, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Tencent Technology Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Method and apparatus for controlling virtual object, device, storage medium, and program product" was invented by Keyu Pan (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and an apparatus for controlling a virtual object, a device, and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method includes: presenting a first virtual object, a second virtual object interacting with the first virtual object, and round indication information in a virtual scene, the round indication information indicating a current round being for the first v...