US Patent Issued to Apple on Nov. 3 for "Intention-based user interface control for electronic devices" (California, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,783,056, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Intention-based user interface control for electronic devices" was invented by James T. Turner (San Jose, Calif.) and Peter L. Hajas (Lafayette, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the subject technology provide for intention-based user interface control for electronic devices. For example, an electronic device may utilize multiple indirect engagement indicators performed by a user of the electronic device, to confirm which of several displayed user interfaces with which the user intends to engage. Once the electronic device determines which of the mul...