ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,581,039, issued on March 17, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"System and control method of system" was invented by Yasuhiro Imai (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system configured to manage a virtual space in which a plurality of user avatars can exist comprises a providing unit configured to provide a plurality of options for the movement of a user avatar within the virtual space, and a moving unit configured to move the user avatar to another location within the virtual space according to a selection from the plurality of options, wherein the plurality of options includes at least a movement that specifies a prede...