ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,380,185, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Transparence LLC (Austin, Texas).

"Application notification preview management" was invented by James J. Nicholas III (San Francisco) and Dale L. Fuller (Menlo Park, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosed technology provide solutions for conveniently displaying notification information in an application preview menu. A process of the technology can include steps for receiving a first authentication requirement, wherein the first authentication requirement is associated with a first application, receiving a second authentication requirement, wherein the second authenticatio...