ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,916, issued on May 13, was assigned to Adeia Guides Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for modifying the display of inputs on a user input device" was invented by Sara Dever (Boothwyn, Pa.), Jennifer L. Holloway (Wallingford, Pa.), Daniel P. Rowan (Springfield, Pa.) and Mark D. Thompson (Havertown, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are described for adapting a second user input device to resemble a first user input device while preserving new functionalities not available in the first user input device. The systems and methods may identify, based on identifiers of the first and second user input device...