ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,299,522, issued on May 13, was assigned to Universal City Studios LLC (Universal City, Calif.).

"System and method for integrating interactive objects and attraction experiences" was invented by Rachel E. Rodgers (Orlando, Fla.) and Wei C. Yeh (Orlando, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An entertainment system includes a first storage area and a second storage area. Further, the system includes a first communicator and a second communicator each configured to read information from an interactive object, wherein the first communicator is configured to monitor the first storage area and the second communicator is configured to monitor th...