ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,454, issued on March 24, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"User interfaces for location tracking" was invented by Frank De Jong (San Francisco), Christine A. Franco (Menlo Park, Calif.), Benjamin A. Detwiler (Encinitas, Calif.) and Brent M. Ledvina (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, an electronic device displays visual indications to a user when an electronic device is associated with a particular user account. In some embodiments, an electronic device displays notifications of a separation with a remote locator object (and/or device). In some embodiments, an electronic device utilizes ...