ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,216,884, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to TOUCHTUNES MUSIC COMPANY LLC (New York).

"Techniques for generating electronic menu graphical user interface layouts for use in connection with electronic devices" was invented by Yu Fang (Los Altos Hills, Calif.) and Robert R. Dykes (Los Altos Hills, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Certain exemplary embodiments relate to techniques for generating electronic menu (eMenu) graphical user interface layouts for use in connection with electronic devices (e.g., tablets, phablets, smart phones, etc.). A virtual grid-based layout including rows and columns that together constitute regularly sized a...