ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,000, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to RED SIX AEROSPACE INC (Orlando, Fla.).

"Bi-directional communications for vehicle and virtual game situations" was invented by Daniel Augustine Robinson (Marina Del Rey, Calif.), Glenn Thomas Snyder (Venice, Calif.), Max M. Marosko III (Coupland, Texas) and Geoffrey Edward Lohmiller (Huntington Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, includes transmitting data for presenting an augmented reality image of a virtual aircraft positioned at a geospatial location to a pilot operating a real vehicle, wherein the virtual aircraft is presented through a head mounted see-through optical s...