ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,503, issued on April 7, was assigned to NVIDIA Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Submovement-based mouse input cheating detection" was invented by Ben Boudaoud (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cheat detection methodology is disclosed that relates to identifying cheaters making super-human movements in interactive programs. For example, users trying to outcompete their opponents in video games using large aim assists and aim bots that perform actions that are not feasibly human. The disclosed methodology substantially reduces or even eliminates the benefit that various cheating solutions offer. In one aspect, the disclosure ...