ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,293,763, issued on May 6, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Application integration with a digital assistant" was invented by Robert A. Walker II (San Francisco), Brandon J. Newendorp (San Francisco), Rohit Dasari (San Francisco), Richard D. Giuli (Arroyo Grande, Calif.), Thomas R. Gruber (Seattle), Carey E. Radebaugh (Los Gatos, Calif.), Ashish Garg (Bellevue, Calif.), Vineet Khosla (Pacifica, Calif.), Jonathan H. Russell (Incline Village, Nev.) and Corey Peterson (Saratoga, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and processes for application integration with a digital assistant are provided. In accordance with one...