ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,434, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Methods and user interfaces for editing a clock face" was invented by Kevin Will Chen (Cupertino, Calif.), Aurelio Guzman (San Jose, Calif.) and Christopher Wilson (Sonoma, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Context-specific user interfaces, e.g., for use with a portable multifunction device, provide, inter alia, indications of time and, optionally, a variety of additional information. A user interface screen including a current time indicator and a first platter is displayed. The first platter is at a first position, is associated with a first application, a...