ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,955, issued on April 8, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Context-sensitive remote eyewear controller" was invented by Simon Nielsen (Beverly Hills, Calif.), Jonathan Rodriguez (La Habra, Calif.) and Yu Jiang Tham (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Context-sensitive remote controls for use with electronic devices (e.g., eyewear device). The electronic device is configured to perform activities (e.g., email, painting, navigation, gaming). The context-sensitive remote control includes a display having a display area, a display driver coupled to the display, and a transceiver. The remote control additionally includ...