ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,335,223, issued on June 17, was assigned to VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION Co. LTD. (Dongguan, China).

"Information sending method and apparatus and electronic device" was invented by Miaomiao Dai (Dongguan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An information sending method includes: receiving, in a case that a target control is displayed, a first input performed by a user on target information in a target interface; and sending the target information to a target contact in response to the first input, where the target contact includes at least two contacts associated with the target control."

The patent was filed on Nov. 28, 2022, under App...