ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,586, issued on May 19.
"Method for changing a visual display composed of fragments in a visible grid" was invented by Andreas Dante (Boblingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for the change of a visual depiction (D) composed of fragments (Fa-Fl) of the same or unequal size can be implemented in form of a sliding puzzle. The fragments (Fa-Fl) contain content that is displayed on a display of a screen and is visually perceptible to the user. The depiction (D) is divided into a visible grid (G) with cells (F) on the display which is formed from rows (R) arranged one above the other and columns (S) arranged next to one an...