US Patent Issued to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE on May 26 for "Backup of Metaverse items" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,639,769, issued on May 26, was assigned to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Bloomington, Ill.).

"Backup of Metaverse items" was invented by Brian N. Harvey (Bloomington, Ill.), Joseph Robert Brannan (Bloomington, Ill.), Joseph P. Harr (Bloomington, Ill.) and Edward W. Breitweiser (Bloomington, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The following relates generally to providing insurance for one or more virtual items in a virtual environment. In some embodiments, an insurance server receives a request for insurance for one or more virtual items from a customer. The insurance server then obtains information associated with the on...