ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,702, issued on June 2, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Physical activity user interfaces" was invented by Nicholas D. Felton (Sunnyvale, Calif.), James B. Cary (Mountain View, Calif.), Edward Chao (Palo Alto, Calif.), Kevin W. Chen (Cupertino, Calif.), Christopher P. Foss (San Francisco), Eamon F. Gilravi (San Francisco), Austen J. Green (Red Oak, Texas), Bradley W. Griffin (Cupertino, Calif.), Anders K. Haglunds (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Lori Hylan-Cho (Palo Alto, Calif.), Stephen P. Jackson (San Francisco), Matthew S. Koonce (San Jose, Calif.), Paul T. Nixon (Los Altos, Calif.) and Robert M. Pearson (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. ...