ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,228, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to NINTENDO Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having information processing program stored therein, information processing method. information processing system, and information processing apparatus" was invented by Jyunya Osada (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first parameter is set for each of a plurality of sound data. The first parameter corresponds to a value indicated at a distance at which a second parameter serves as a reference, and the second parameter indicates loudness of a virtual sound in a virtual space and is attenuated in accor...