ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,827, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"User interfaces for managing accessories" was invented by Erik R. Klimczak (Mill Valley, Calif.), James F. Felkins (San Jose, Calif.) and Patrick L. Coffman (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure generally relates to managing accessories. In some examples, a device displays a user interface having a plurality of category options and, in response to detecting selection of a category option, a device displays accessory controls and sub-category options."
The patent was filed on June 1, 2023, under Application No. 18/204,888.
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