ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,044, issued on May 19, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Methods for time of day adjustments for environments and environment presentation during communication sessions" was invented by James M. Dessero (Morgan Hill, Calif.), Matan Stauber (Philadelphia), Stephen O. Lemay (Palo Alto, Calif.), William A. Sorrentino III (Kentfield, Calif.), Nicholas W. Henderson (San Carlos, Calif.), Michael J. Rockwell (Palo Alto, Calif.), Jeffrey S. Allen (San Jose, Calif.), Michael A. Dunkley (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Hugh A. Sider (Newton, N.H.), Magnus Danielsson (Santa Monica, Calif.), Connor A. Smith (San Jose, Calif.), Joseph P. Cerra (San Francisco) and Miao Ren (Sunnyvale, Calif.)...