ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,664, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Arrowhead Center Inc. (Las Cruces, N.M.).

"Method and apparatus for automatically updating a user interface" was invented by Tianna Mari Zambrano (Silver City, N.M.) and Joan E. Wilson (Albuqueque, N.M.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for an augmentative alternative communication ("AAC") apparatus which presents a user with selection options of words and/or phrases that can be audibly transmitted to others. The AAC apparatus can optionally include one or more bio-feedback sensors which enable the audible transmissions to be adapted based on the sensed bio data. Such adaptati...