ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,640,004, issued on May 26, was assigned to IGT (Las Vegas).

"Offering incentives for status in a game streaming environment" 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 streaming device and/or one or more users at one or more client devices to realize one or more benefits associated with a status obtained in accordance with one or more events associated with a live streaming platform."

The patent was filed on Dec. 20, 2022, under Application No. 18/085,259.

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