ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,314,462, issued on May 27, was assigned to INTERDIGITAL MADISON PATENT HOLDINGS SAS (Paris).

"Method and apparatus for user control of an application and corresponding device" was invented by Sylvain Lelievre (Montgermont, France), Serge Defrance (Rennes, France) and Olivier Mocquard (Rennes, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a method, implemented in an electronic device adapted to be configured in a mono user mode, where the electronic device is controlled by input elements obtained from a single tracked user, and in a multi-user mode where the electronic device is controlled by input elements obtained from...