ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,633, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Tencent Technology Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Virtual object control method and apparatus, storage medium, and electronic device" was invented by Xiongfei Huang (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a method for controlling a virtual object performed by an electronic device. The method includes obtaining a first operation instruction when a virtual object performs an acceleration operation, the first operation instruction instructing the virtual object to perform a first target action; obtaining a second operation instruction within a first target tim...