ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,587,716, issued on March 24, was assigned to HANGZHOU ALICLOUD APSARA INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Hangzhou, China).

"Virtual live-streaming control method and apparatus" was invented by Yuxin Zhang (Hangzhou, China) and Lin Rui (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a virtual live-streaming control method and apparatus, where the virtual live-streaming control method includes: setting up a virtual character to perform information broadcasting of first type information and second type information related to a live-streaming theme in a live-streaming room; driving the virtual cha...