ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,340,481, issued on June 24, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Avatar creation user interface" was invented by Nicolas Scapel (London), Guillaume P. Barlier (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Alan C. Dye (San Francisco), Joseph D. Gardner (San Jose, Calif.), Aurelio Guzman (San Jose, Calif.) and Christopher Wilson (Sonoma, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure generally relates to creating and editing avatars, and navigating avatar selection interfaces. In some examples, an avatar feature user interface includes a plurality of feature options that can be customized to create an avatar. In some examples, different t...