ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,954, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Google LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Unified and smart notifications and quick settings system" was invented by Alexander Friedrich Kuscher (San Francisco), Sebastien Vincent Gabriel (San Francisco) and Jennifer Chen (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A user device incorporates a user interface platform that combines user notifications and various operational settings as part of a common display region. The notifications and settings are separated from one another, and the user interface dynamically adjusts the arrangement of these features to make it convenient for a user to quickly...