ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,373,996, issued on July 29, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Generating content for physical elements" was invented by Ian M. Richter (Los Angeles) and Andrew Scott Robertson (Los Angeles).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "First content may be obtained in response to identifying a first physical element of a first object type. The first content may be associated with the first object type. Second content may be obtained in response to identifying a second physical element of a second object type. The second content may be associated with the second object type. The second physical element may be detected as being within a thr...