Abstract
Patent number 12033265 is assigned to Theai Inc. (Mountain View, California, Uni ted States).The following quote was obtained by the news editors from the background informa tion supplied by theinventors: “Virtual characters are widely used in various s oftware applications, such as games, metaverses,social media, messengers, video communication tools, and online training tools. Some of these applicationsallo w users to interact with virtual characters. However, existing models of virtual characters are typicallydeveloped for specific applications and do not allow i ntegration with other applications and environments.Moreover, existing virtual character models are typically based on descriptions of specific rules and follo wspecific logic.