ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,695, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Roblox Corp. (San Mateo, Calif.).
"Searching for and retrieving three-dimensional (3D) virtual objects" was invented by Morgan Samuel McGuire (Waterloo, Canada), Hsueh-Ti Derek Liu (Vancouver, Canada) and Victor B. Zordan (Riverside, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some implementations relate to methods, systems, and computer-readable media to search for and retrieve three-dimensional (3D) objects based on user queries. An exemplary method comprises receiving a first query for one or more 3D objects. At least one constraint is identified from the first query, wherein the at least one constr...