ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,310, issued on March 31, was assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Tokyo).

"Systems and methods for artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted communication within video game" was invented by Glenn Black (San Mateo, Calif.) and Jeffrey Stafford (San Mateo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Input data is received that includes a message for communication to a target player of a video game. A portion of the input data defining the message is automatically identified using a first artificial intelligence model component. A meaning of the message defined by the portion of the input data is automatically determined using a seco...