ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,524,263, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Information processing apparatus, control method, and program for transition between two applications" was invented by Ryoya Kawai (Kawasaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An information processing apparatus on which a plurality of applications is able to operate, the information processing apparatus comprising: an identifying unit configured to identify, on a first screen, an instruction of a transition to a second application, the first screen being provided by a first application; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit a transition information if the instr...