ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,724,819, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to ADEIA GUIDES INC. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for enabling quick multi-application menu access to media options" was invented by William L. Thomas (Evergreen, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for enabling quick access to media options are provided. A display of a plurality of icons is generated, wherein each of the plurality of icons represents a different one of a plurality of applications. A user input is detected that identifies a first of the plurality of icons associated with a first of the plurality of applications. In response to determining that the ...