ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,725, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to T-Mobile USA Inc. (Bellevue, Wash.).

"Touch screen testing platform for engaging a dynamically positioned target feature" was invented by David Ross Jenkinson (Auburn, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A touch screen testing platform may be used to engage a dynamically positioned target feature being displayed on a touch screen enabled device during a testing protocol. The platform may record imagery displayed by the touch screen device and then analyze the imagery to locate the target feature within a reference coordinate system. The platform may recognize that the target feature is missing...