ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,431, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Method of dividing screen areas and mobile terminal employing the same" was invented by Hyung Min Yook (Seoul, South Korea), Sung Sik Yoo (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Kang Won Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Myeong Lo Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Young Ae Kang (Seoul, South Korea), Hui Chul Yang (Seoul, South Korea) and Yong Ki Min (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of supporting divided screen areas and a mobile terminal employing the same are disclosed. The method includes: generating input signals for one of sequenti...