US Patent Issued to Apple on March 3 for "Physical activity monitoring and motivating with an electronic device" (American, British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,762, issued on March 3, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Physical activity monitoring and motivating with an electronic device" was invented by Jay K. Blahnik (Venice, Calif.), Aled H. Williams (London), Anthony D'Auria (San Francisco), David S. Clark (Corona Del Mar, Calif.), Keith P. Avery (Seattle), Eamon F. Gilravi (San Francisco), Molly P. Wiebe (San Francisco) and Julie A. Arney (Los Gatos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for monitoring and motivating physical activity of a user with an electronic device are provided."

The patent was filed on Jan. 12, 2022, un...