ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,547,239, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to 9337-0286 QUEBEC INC. (AUGER GROUPE CONSEIL) (Trois-Rivieres, Canada).

"Systems and methods for virtual interaction" was invented by Marcel Lafontaine (Victoriaville, Canada), Jonathan Marcoux (Trois-Rivieres, Canada) and Alan Marchand (Becancour, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for virtual interaction between a host user at a first physical location and a guest user at a second physical location is provided. The method includes receiving, by the guest assembly, environmental information relating to a host environment in the first physical location; displaying, a 3D virtual recon...