U.S. Patent 11083966 was awarded to Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited on August 10, 2021 and is entitled “Method and apparatus for displaying virtual pet, terminal, and storage medium.” The first named inventor is Yanwei Zhang of Guangdong, . The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

A method for displaying a virtual pet is provided. The method includes: determining a target virtual pet to-be-displayed in an application program; obtaining first information of the target virtual pet from a server, the first information being stored on a blockchain system and corresponding to the target virtual pet; and displaying a first display interface associated the target virtual pet, the first display interface including the first information of the target virtual pet. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on September 22, 2020  as U.S. Patent Application 17/028376 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 11083966. The primary examiner was Reginald A Renwick.

Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited, who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 2738 total granted patents in the United States as of the date of this article. This blockchain patent has been cited 0 times by other U.S. patents according to our law firm research, and can be considered an innovative patent in the field of cryptocurrency and blockchain.

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