ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,718,658, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to IGT (Las Vegas).

"Sharing events in a game streaming environment facilitated by a remote game server" was invented by Dwayne R. Nelson (Las Vegas) and Kevin Higgins (Reno, Nev.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods that enable a user at a client device interacting with a live streaming platform to realize one or more benefits based on a transfer event occurring in association with a streaming device that is operating with a remote game server and also interacting with the live streaming platform."

The patent was filed on March 22, 2023, under Application No. 18/188,197.

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