ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,067, issued on May 19, was assigned to International Business Machines Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).

"Effectiveness boosting in the metaverse" was invented by Natalie Brooks Powell (Bolingbrook, Ill.), Sarbajit K. Rakshit (Kolkata, India), Tami Rose Bryan (Howard, Md.) and Zachary A. Silverstein (Georgetown, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to at least one embodiment, a method, a computer system, and a computer program product for the metaverse is provided. The present invention may include receiving historical data for one or more participants; creating an attentiveness profile for the participants in a metaverse collaborative ...