ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,017, issued on Jan. 20.
"System for avatar cloning in video games and entertainment applications" was invented by Chad Zebuhr (Apex, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for video games or other interactive entertainment that permits a user to temporarily use or rent a copy of a high-level character, avatar, or other virtual asset of a source user, permitting casual video game players such as a divorced parent to temporarily use a well-developed account without investing the time and money required to level up or advance such an account, whereby the assets may include avatars, skins, items, weapons, or other materi...