ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,299,223, issued on May 13, was assigned to Tap Systems Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.).

"Graphical user interface for use with tap device" was invented by David B. Schick (Los Angeles), Liron Ilouz (Aley Zahav, Israel) and Guy Dori Bliss (Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An information processing device includes a display, a communication interface configured to receive signals from a tap device, one or more processors, and one or memories storing instructions. Upon execution by the one or more processors, the instructions cause the one or more processors to: display a plurality of icons on the display in a predeterm...