ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,341, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to IMPLEMENTATION APPS LLC (Los Angeles).

"Generating a background that allows a first avatar to take part in an activity with a second avatar" was invented by Ayla Mandel (Los Angeles), David Mandel (Los Angeles) and Stephen D. Williams (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A user may create an avatar and/or animated sequence illustrating a particular object or living being performing a certain activity, using images of portions of the object or living being extracted from a still image or set of still images of the object or living being."

The patent was filed on Aug. 6, 2024, under...