ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,097, issued on June 16, was assigned to NETEASE (HANGZHOU) NETWORK Co. LTD. (Hangzhou, China).

"Game group processing method and apparatus and electronic terminal" was invented by Huaying Huang (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for processing a group in a game, and an electronic terminal are provided. The method includes: displaying at least one group in a graphical user interface; displaying, in response to a first selection operation for a first group, an editing interface that includes at least one first virtual character belonging to the first group; moving, in response to a first sub-selectio...