ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,686, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to INVISIBLE HOLDINGS LLC (Reno, Nev.).
"Social identity of objects" was invented by Raymond Francis St. Martin (Felton, Calif.) and Andrew Lee Van Valer (Reno, Nev.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system has a server having an internal data repository, an internal database storing data describing virtual objects, each having a unique SIO code, and an associated body of digital media providing object description by one or more of audio files, text files, photographs, and videos, object history and stories about the virtual objects, a user station with Internet access, a microphone, a display scre...