US Patent Issued to Block on Nov. 11 for "Self-centering user interface for inputting information" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,368, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Block Inc. (Oakland, Calif.).

"Self-centering user interface for inputting information" was invented by Marc David Perry (Fairfax, Calif.) and Kenneth Randall Kinsella Wigginton (Walnut Creek, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques described herein are directed to, among other things, utilizing a self-centering user interface to receive information associated with a transaction. For instance, a computing device may receive a first input at a first location of a display. The computing device may then determine a positioning for the user interface, where the user interface may be substa...