ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,422, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Tokyo).

"Controller-driven video game console login" was invented by Alicia Sedlock (Oakland, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques disclosed herein pertain to improving end user video game console experiences. Particularly, techniques are disclosed herein for controller-driven video game console login. In some examples, operating a video game controller includes receiving a first notification from a video game console. The first notification can indicate that a login event has occurred at the video game console. Based on the first notification, i...