MUMBAI, India, Sept. 22 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202647109488 A) filed by Koninklijke Philips N. V. on September 11, 2026, for Enhanced Metaverse Communication.

Inventors include Dees, Walter; Sabah, Noureddine; Cronin, Harry Michael; Walker, Nicholas Simon; and Duffy, David Michael.

The application for the patent was published on September 18, 2026, under issue no. 38/2026.

Abstract: This invention describes methods and systems for providing users, that are virtually present in a metaverse, with communications capabilities on their own real-life network and account by using an expanded metaverse authentication identity and/or credentials. This may include a communications credentialing process which can be performed from within the metaverse for communicating directly or indirectly with a user's mobile phone and a biometric process operating in a portal device (e.g., a virtual reality headset) that can be invoked from within the metaverse, and a specific unique metaverse identity.

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