ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,344, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Tokyo).

"Peer highlight generation apparatus and method" was invented by Mark Anderson (London), Nicholas Anthony Edward Ryan (London), Alexei Smith (London) and Andrew William Walker (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A peer highlight generation apparatus comprises receiving circuitry configured to receive peer profile data associated with a user, wherein the peer profile data identifies one or more peer gaming profiles that are respectively associated with one or more peers, wherein each peer has participated with the user in one or more video game sessi...