ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,675,154, issued on July 7, was assigned to COVER Corp. (Tokyo).

"Method and system" was invented by Kohei Mori (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a method and a system that are capable of increasing the interest in live event gradually. A computer is configured to provide a virtual space to a user. The computer causes to display an image in a generated virtual space, the image being in accordance with an operation by the user; and to generate an event in the virtual space, and to provide event content in a predetermined type of virtual space of the virtual space on a scheduled date. Also during a period before the schedule...