ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,299,339, issued on May 13, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Electronic system for producing a coordinated output using wireless localization of multiple portable electronic devices" was invented by Tyler S. Bushnell (Mountain View, Calif.) and Erik G. de Jong (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Device localization (e.g., ultra-wideband device localization) may be used to provide coordinated outputs and/or receive coordinated inputs using multiple devices. Providing coordinated outputs may include providing partial outputs using multiple devices, modifying an output of a device based on its position and/or orient...