ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,346,709, issued on July 1, was assigned to VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION Co. LTD. (Dongguan, China).

"Method and apparatus for running application program, electronic device, and storage medium" was invented by Sixia Lian (Dongguan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for running an application program, an electronic device, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: receiving a first input by a user; in response to the first input, displaying a first target control; receiving a second input by the user into a first application program that runs in the foreground; in response to the second input, displayin...