ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,450,605, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Managing information on a computer system" was invented by Thomas J. Miller (San Jose, Calif.) and Trevor W. Young (Livermore, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and user interfaces for managing information on computer systems, including, in some embodiments, for managing display of user interface elements based on movement of the computer system, for requesting account information if an account is available, for provisioning an account onto a computer system if provisioning criteria are met, for associating a transfer amount with an account for use w...