ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,405,707, issued on Sept. 2.
"Apparatus and method for a simplified menu screen in handheld wireless devices" was invented by Tara Chand Singhal (Torrance, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A simplified menu screen for a handheld mobile wireless device with a display/touch screen that provides for and displays an initial menu, a simplified menu in lieu of an original menu screen, on the display screen when the device is first activated, the simplified menu displays only up to five menu selection choices and thereby simplifies the initial menu screen and minimizes the complexity of the initial screen and a desired menu selection there ...