ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,105, issued on June 16, was assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Tokyo) and Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC (San Mateo, Calif.).

"AI generated ghost player" was invented by Bethany Tinklenberg (Oakland, Calif.) and Angela Webb (San Lorenzo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are provided for providing a player with assistance during gameplay of a video game is provided. The method includes executing a video game for a game session. The player controls a player character during the game session. The method includes detecting selection of ghost assistance for the game session. The method includes l...