ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,109, issued on July 7, was assigned to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) (Stockholm).

"Methods and devices related to extended reality" was invented by Paul McLachlan (San Francisco) and Lauren Ann Gilbert (La Jolla, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method (700) for collaborative spatial mapping. The method may be performed by a requesting device. The method includes generating an object map request for object information for a location, the object map request comprising a location identifier identifying the location and object type information specifying an object type. The method also includes transmitting the object map...