ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,075, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Tokyo).

"Method, device, and system of input for a videogame console" was invented by Philip Cockram (London) and Michael Eder (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of communication for a plurality of portable communication devices and a videogame console includes installing an app on a first portable communication device, the app adapted to cause the first portable communication device to carry out the steps of identifying a videogame console associated with a user of the first portable communication device, communicating with the videogame consol...