ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,349, issued on April 7.
"Computer-automated scripted electronic actor control" was invented by Vivek Pai (Walpole, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Computer-implemented systems and methods use a story to automatically control and coordinate electronic actors. The story may be written in a natural language (e.g., English), rather than a programming language or other language designed specifically to control machines. Embodiments of the present invention may parse the story into a script and generate cue signals based on the story. The cue signals are provided to the electronic actor(s), which may perform actions based on their int...