ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,299,798, issued on May 13, was assigned to SNAP INC. (Santa Monica, Calif.).
"Animated pull-to-refresh" was invented by Jeremy Voss (Los Angeles), Christie Marie Heikkinen (Sherman Oaks, Calif.), Daniel Rakhamimov (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Laurent Desserrey (Los Angeles), Susan Marie Territo (Los Angeles), Edward Koai (Santa Monica, Calif.) and Joseph Timothy Fortier (Los Angeles).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for animating a pull-to-refresh gesture. The program and method provide for receiving a pull gesture in a messagi...