ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,299,785, issued on May 13.

"System and method for generating an on-screen canvas utilizing user selections of previously submitted artistic images" was invented by Terra Brunton (Lawrence, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An on-screen canvas using user selections of artistic images for each of a plurality of independent content regions on an electronic display. A computing device having a display screen defines a plurality of independent content regions. The system also includes a database having a multi-dimensional array having numerical coordinates indicative of a mapping of the independent content regions and includes a plurality o...