ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,098, issued on June 16, was assigned to SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC. (Tokyo).
"Managing shared account access" was invented by Steven Osman (San Mateo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for warning misuse of a user account of an adult user includes tracking use of the user account. The interactions at the user account are monitored and when the content accessed by a user is adult content and the user is determined to be a child, providing an alert to the adult user informing the adult user of the child accessing age-inappropriate content."
The patent was filed on Sept. 9, 2022, under Application No. 17...