US Patent Issued to Apple on Dec. 9 for "User interfaces for indicating time" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,267, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"User interfaces for indicating time" was invented by Kevin W. Chen (Cupertino, Calif.) and Hanwen Fan (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure generally relates to methods and user interfaces for providing clock user interfaces. In some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for providing clock user interfaces displaying simulated emitted light, methods and user interfaces for displaying clock user interfaces including astronomical object, methods and user interfaces for displaying clock user interfaces that include adjustable time...