ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,834, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Editing features of an avatar" was invented by Marco Triverio (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure generally relates to an avatar editing user interface. The avatar editing user interface includes a first view of an avatar at a first size. A request to enter an editing mode for a first feature of a plurality of avatar features of the avatar enables an editing mode for the first feature and causes a second view of the avatar at a second size to be displayed. The editing mode also shifts the avatar to emphasize the first feature relat...