US Patent Issued to Apple on July 15 for "Widget synchronization in accordance with synchronization preferences" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,958, issued on July 15, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Widget synchronization in accordance with synchronization preferences" was invented by Jeffrey L. Robbin (Los Altos, Calif.), David Heller (Los Altos, Calif.), Christopher R. Wysocki (Los Gatos, Calif.), Timothy Wasko (High River, Calif.) and Gordon Freedman (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Improved techniques and apparatus for managing data between a host device (e.g., host computer) and a client device. The data being managed can, for example, pertain to portable computer programs, such as widgets. The managing of the data thus can involve tra...