ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,800, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Activision Publishing Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for the real-time customization of video game content based on player data" was invented by Josiah Eatedali (Los Angeles) and Robert D. Schonfeld (Sherman Oaks, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for customizing a video game to a player defined time period include content units of the video game that are selected based on at least one of multiple pre-defined criteria. Content units are then edited to fit into the player defined time period. Game gear required for playing the selected content units is ...