ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,547,307, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Techniques and user interfaces for controlling one or more electronic devices" was invented by Arian Behzadi (San Francisco), Christopher P. Foss (San Francisco), Andrew S. Kim (Walnut Creek, Calif.), David A. Krimsley (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Christopher D. Matthews (San Francisco), Corey K. Wang (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Gemma A. Roper (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces and techniques for controlling one or more electronic devices and/or displaying one or more controls in accordance with some exa...