US Patent Issued to WELLS FARGO BANK on March 25 for "Differential access in the metaverse" (North Carolina, Minnesota, Missouri, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,954, issued on March 25, was assigned to WELLS FARGO BANK N.A. (San Francisco).

"Differential access in the metaverse" was invented by Aparna M. Dave (Houston), Eileen S. Dunlap (Charlotte, N.C.), Craig Moore (Creve Coeur, Mo.) and Paul W. Mussell (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Differentiation of access within the metaverse. According to one aspect, a metaverse visualization of an environment is modified as viewed by an avatar upon access of the environment by another avatar. According to another aspect, access of an avatar to a restricted access environment within the metaverse enables trusted avatars selective access ...