ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,903, issued on July 7, was assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (Atlanta).

"Metaverse contextual collaboration spaces" was invented by Nigel Bradley (Canton, Ga.), Eric Zavesky (Austin, Texas), James Pratt (Round Rock, Texas), Ari Craine (Marietta, Ga.) and Robert Koch (Peachtree Corners, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed technology is directed towards virtual reality collaboration spaces with associated context data. Once created, a virtual reality collaboration space can be pervasively existent, such that the space can be joined or returned to as needed by any admitted participants. The existence of a created c...