ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,608,863, issued on April 21, was assigned to SPATIALX INC. (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Methods and systems for determining past and future cycles of scenes that employ looping functions" was invented by Shawn R. Neely (Oakland, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for determining past and future cycles of scenes that employ looping functions are disclosed. In one embodiment, a scene that includes a repeating segment may be created. The repeating segment may have a finite duration and may be separated into an identified number of looped cycles. Each looped cycle in the repeating segment may include a rendering of an animat...