US Patent Issued to Apple on June 10 for "Devices, methods, and user interfaces for edge and corner interactions" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,327,014, issued on June 10, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Devices, methods, and user interfaces for edge and corner interactions" was invented by Gemma A. Roper (San Francisco), David H. Bloom (San Francisco), Benjamin G. Jackson (Piedmont, Calif.), Steven J. Taylor (San Jose, Calif.), Megan M. Sapp (Napa, Calif.) and Samuel L. Iglesias (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device includes a display. The electronic device detects an input along a device edge. In response to detecting the input and in accordance with a determination that the input meets one or more criteria and is detected at a...