ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,639,025, issued on May 26, was assigned to SNAP INC. (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Shared 3rd person mobile view" was invented by Matthew Hallberg (Los Angeles), Karen Stolzenberg (Venice, Calif.), Mathieu Emmanuel Vignau (Los Angeles), Kristian Bauer (West Boylston, Mass.), Kevin Liao (Sammamish, Calif.), Matthew Du (Los Angeles) and Ilteris Kaan Canberk (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for sharing a display of a mixed reality experience is described. In one aspect, the method includes pairing a head-wearable device with a handheld device to establish a shared coordinate system, and displaying, based on a pose of the handh...