ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,362, issued on April 7, was assigned to Architecture Technology Corp. (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

"Networked virtual reality training systems and methods" was invented by Scott Aloisio (Eden Prairie, Minn.), Joseph Sirianni (Eden Prairie, Minn.), Kenneth Mcvearry (Eden Prairie, Minn.) and Robert A. Joyce (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are embodiments for managing a virtual reality (VR) training exercise via a management server. The management server outputs a graphical dashboard including one or more skill nodes, and selects one or more software agents associated with the skill nodes. The management s...