US Patent Issued to Apple on May 19 for "Systems and methods for interacting with user interfaces" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,632,169, issued on May 19, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for interacting with user interfaces" was invented by Nathan de Vries (Alameda, Calif.), Chanaka G. Karunamuni (San Jose, Calif.) and William M. Tyler (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device detects, while displaying a first user interface, a touch gesture. In accordance with a determination that the touch gesture meets first criteria including a first requirement that is met in accordance with a determination that the touch gesture includes first movement of a contact across a first portion of an edge of the touch-sensitive surf...