ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,310, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Determination and presentation of customized notifications" was invented by Jay Kriz Blahnik (Venice, Calif.), Aaron P. Thompson (San Francisco), David S. Clark (Corona Del Mar, Calif.), Julie A. Arney (Los Gatos, Calif.), Brian R. Drell (Felton, Calif.), Keith P. Avery (Seattle, Va.) and Kevin M. Lynch (Woodside, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Notifications for instructing user behavior can be determined and presented when appropriate. Current fitness data are accessed. This data is used to determine whether a user fitness goal is likely to be achieved. ...