ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,799, issued on May 27, was assigned to RAID ONE IP LLC (Tampa, Fla.).

"System, method, and article of manufacture to iteratively update an image displayed over a lock screen to provide a continuous glimpse into a navigation application running in the background of the mobile device that is in a screen locked state" was invented by Ramraj Soundararajan (Tampa, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A navigation application running in the foreground of the mobile device is run in the background when the mobile device enters a screen locked state. A display may be activated while the mobile device remains in the screen locked state, and an...