ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,218, issued on April 7, was assigned to T-Mobile USA Inc. (Bellevue, Wash.).

"Extended reality (XR) modeling of network user devices via peer devices" was invented by Susan Dawn Andreson (Seattle), Eric Foster (Seattle), Jim Joojin Song (Atlanta), Ali Daniali (Tukwila, Wash.) and Brian Garcia (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Network subscriber devices simulate peer devices via virtual models displayed within a real-time capture of a physical environment, as an extended reality (XR) experience for users. Immersion of the XR experience is enhanced based on layering the virtual model of a simulated device in relation to digits of...