ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,048, issued on June 3, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Connecting spatially distinct settings" was invented by Michael J. Gutensohn (Rodeo, Calif.), Siva Chandra Mouli Sivapurapu (Santa Clara, Calif.), Mark E. Drummond (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Daniel L. Kovacs (Santa Clara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various implementations disclosed herein include a method performed by an electronic device including one or more processors and a non-transitory memory. The method includes obtaining first environmental data that characterizes a first physical setting that is spatially distinct from a second physical setting. T...