US Patent Issued to Apple on Feb. 10 for "User interfaces for controlling or presenting device usage on an electronic device" (California, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,547,521, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"User interfaces for controlling or presenting device usage on an electronic device" was invented by Elizabeth Caroline Cranfill (San Francisco), Christopher P. Foss (San Francisco) and David C. Graham (Columbus, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, an electronic device presents indications of usage metrics for the device. In some embodiments, an electronic device sets, configures and/or enforces device usage limits. In some embodiments, an electronic device limits access to certain applications during certain periods of time. In some embodime...