ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,314,474, issued on May 27.

"Configurable computer interface having adaptive haptic input response" was invented by Jacob Peterson (Draper, Utah) and Brady Hartog (Hartford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A configurable computer interface can include a display panel, a touch sensitive input layer, a haptic feedback layer, a memory device, and a housing. The display panel can be adapted to display an input pattern including input keys, where the input pattern is arbitrarily configurable. The haptic feedback layer can include haptic response elements distributed across the haptic feedback layer, where the haptic response elements crea...