ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,528, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"Task-based incentive program for gaming environment" was invented by Robert C. Hernandez (Morrisville, N.C.), Erik Summa (Austin, Texas) and David Joseph Zavelson (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods described herein may provide a system that enables game play or other application sessions to consumption devices of a user's choice as a reward upon completion of tasks assigned to the user. A method may include monitoring, by an information handing system, a task assigned to be completed by a user; determining, by the information...