ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,236,080, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Device, method, and medium for sharing images" was invented by Stephen O. Lemay (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Richard Williamson (Los Gatos, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method for use in conjunction with a computing device with a touch screen display comprises: detecting one or more finger contacts with the touch screen display, applying one or more heuristics to the one or more finger contacts to determine a command for the device, and processing the command. The one or more heuristics comprise: a heuristic for determining that the on...