ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,293,073, issued on May 6, was assigned to KCG Technologies LLC (Boston).

"Virtual smart phone" was invented by Michael Kildevaeld (Yarmouth Port, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In embodiments of the present invention, a virtual phone is provided which includes a touch screen mounted on an enclosure that includes a processor, memory, wireless communication port, and a power port. The virtual phone further includes a software application executing on the processor to control image display on the touch screen and emulate features of a handheld device presented in the image in response to a user touching a presented feature. The virtua...