ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,254,717, issued on March 18, was assigned to Universal City Studios LLC (Universal City, Calif.).

"Interactive imagery systems and methods" was invented by Robert Michael Jordan (Orlando, Fla.), Anthony Melo (Orlando, Fla.), Angelo Pagliuca (Orlando, Fla.), Brandon David Burnette (Philadelphia), John Adams (Orlando, Fla.), Jacob David Allinson (Orlando, Fla.), Eric To Chan (Kissimmee, Fla.) and Mark James Traynor (Orlando, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interactive portrait system includes a camera configured to capture imagery of an environment and a controller. The controller is configured to analyze the imagery to identify a ...