ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,400, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION Co. LTD. (Dongguan, China).

"Display method and electronic device" was invented by Ang Liu (Dongguan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display method and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: displaying a time dial. The time dial includes K pointers, the K pointers are used to indicate time, and K is a positive integer. The method further includes receiving a first input performed on a first pointer in the K pointers. The method also includes displaying, in response to the first input, M application icons associated with the first pointer. M is a ...