ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,707,212, issued on Aug. 11.

"System for facilitating in-person interaction between multiuser virtual environment users whose avatars have interacted virtually" was invented by Gregory A. Piccionelli (Westlake Village, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described is a system for facilitating in-person interaction between multi-user virtual environment ("MMVE") users. The system facilitates in-person interaction between the users if they have interacted virtually in MMVE via their respective avatars."

The patent was filed on March 23, 2022, under Application No. 17/702,382.

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