ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,696, issued on July 14, was assigned to NETEASE (HANGZHOU) NETWORK Co. LTD. (Hangzhou, China).

"Virtual object interaction method, non-transitory storage medium and electronic device" was invented by Qichuan Zhang (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A virtual object interaction method, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: displaying an adsorbable area on a graphical user interface in response to a touch operation acting on a first short-range interaction skill control, wherein the graphical user interface is provided by a terminal device and compris...