ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,591,347, issued on March 31, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"User interfaces for indicating status of a tracked entity" was invented by Tommy Rochette (Santa Cruz, Calif.), Marcello Luppi (The Hague, Netherlands), Jean-Francois M. Albouze (Santa Cruz, Calif.), Elizabeth C. Cranfill (San Francisco), Deena Khattab (San Francisco), William M. Tyler (San Francisco), Roberto Garcia (Los Gatos, Calif.), Austin A. Marusco (San Francisco) and Scott Lopatin (Santa Cruz, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, an electronic device displays status for tracked entities. In some embodiments, an electronic device p...