ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,857, issued on March 18, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"User interfaces for messaging conversations" was invented by Zheng Xuan Hong (San Jose, Calif.), Chia Yang Lin (San Francisco), Chanaka G. Karunamuni (San Jose, Calif.), Nicole R. Ryan (San Francisco) and Graham R. Clarke (Mountain View, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, an electronic device displays a plurality of content items in a messaging conversation. In some embodiments, the electronic device displays user interfaces associated with one or more content items in a messaging conversation."
The patent was filed on Jan. 29, 2024, u...