US Patent Issued to Universal City Studios on Aug. 25 for "System and method of user affordance and actuation" (Pennsylvania, California, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,909, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Universal City Studios LLC (Universal City, Calif.).

"System and method of user affordance and actuation" was invented by Brandon Burnette (Philadelphia), Colin Wlodkowski (Philadelphia), Jasmine Wai Mai (Colma, Calif.), Lukas Marcelis (Alexandria, Va.) and Lillian Anderson Kuntz (Philadelphia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosure relate to methods, apparatus, and systems for triggering an action while a device is separated from a user and traveling toward a target. A system includes a device and a triggering apparatus. The device is configured to measure a magnetic field str...