ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,924, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Real-time communication user interface" was invented by Marco Triverio (San Francisco), Jae Woo Chang (Cupertino, Calif.), Lauren E. Tappana (San Francisco) and Marcel Van Os (Santa Cruz, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure generally relates to real-time communication user interfaces. A computer system displays a plurality of selectable options for sharing a link to a real-time communication session via a plurality of respective communication protocols. A computer system displays a selectable user interface element corresponding to a link ...