ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,464,351, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Techniques for managing communication with wireless devices flagged for certain activity" was invented by Stanley M. Mayalil (San Jose, Calif.), Hyewon Lee (Cupertino, Calif.), Pinki Gyanchandani (Cupertino, Calif.), Rajeev Verma (San Jose, Calif.) and Xiangying Yang (Cupertino, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This Application sets forth techniques for managing communication with wireless devices that have been flagged due to certain activity. In particular, the techniques effectively eliminate unnecessary interactions and enable enhanced user feedback when ...