ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,216,881, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Method for displaying application icon and electronic device" was invented by Lang Song (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and device for operating an application icon are provided, to prompt a user where a currently operated application icon is located. The method includes: displaying a first screen page of a desktop, wherein the first screen page comprises N application icons, the N application icons comprise a first application icon and at least one first-layer application icon, and the first-layer application icon is located arou...