ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,621, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Mechanism to provide visual feedback regarding computing system command gestures" was invented by Rajiv Mongia (Redwood City, Calif.), Achintya Bhowmik (Milpitas, Calif.), Mark Yahiro (Santa Clara, Calif.), Dana Krieger (Emeryville, Calif.), Ed Mangum (San Mateo, Calif.) and Diana Povieng (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mechanism to provide visual feedback regarding computing system command gestures. An embodiment of an apparatus includes a sensing element to sense a presence or movement of a user of the apparatus, a processor, wherein operation...