ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,929, issued on May 26, was assigned to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK N.A. (New York).

"Systems and methods for providing interactions between virtual and physical participants" was invented by Cheng Yao Wang (Flushing, N.Y.), Ana Cardenas (Goleta, Calif.), Fannie Liu (Brooklyn, N.Y.), William Moriarty (West Chester, Pa.), David Saffo (New York), Feiyu Lu (New York), Joseph W Ligman (Weston, Conn.), Goutam Maity (New York), Hamed Drame (New York) and Blair MacIntyre (Westwood, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for providing interactions between virtual and physical participants are disclosed. A synchronizing computer progr...