ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,309,525, issued on May 20, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Camera user interface with recording space management" was invented by Johnnie B. Manzari (San Francisco), Jeffrey A. Brasket (Honolulu) and Brandon J. Corey (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for managing recording space for visual media. A computer system displays a camera preview and a recording space affordance that, when selected, initiates performing an operation associated with recording space available for recording media captured by the one or more cameras."

The patent was filed ...