ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,554, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Method of displaying selectable options" was invented by Nathan Gitter (Cupertino, Calif.), Jordan A. Cazamias (Conroe, Texas), Alexis H. Palangie (Palo Alto, Calif.), Aaron M. Burns (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Benjamin Hylak (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for displaying selectable options in a computer-generated environment provide for an efficient and intuitive user experience. In some embodiments, one or more selectable options are displayed in a three-dimensional computer-generated environment in accordance with the determination that...