MUMBAI, India, July 24 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202418086907 A) filed by Universal City Studios LLC on November 11, 2024, for Digital Character Interacting With Customer In Physical Realm.

Inventors include Scialli, Sarah; and Gordon, Demian.

The application for the patent was published on July 17, 2026, under issue no. 29/2026.

Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling performance of a digital character depicted at a display device are disclosed. According to at least one embodiment, a method for controlling performance of a digital character depicted at a display device includes: determining a presence of a person located in a physical environment; and in response to determining the presence of the person, facilitating control of the performance of the digital character depicted at the display device by a human operator, by an artificial intelligence (AI) game- engine, or by a combination thereof.

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