ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,927, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for user authentication and device management" was invented by Amy E. Dedonato (San Francisco), Jonathan R. Dascola (San Francisco), Katherine W. Kolombatovich (San Francisco), Vitalii Kramar (Woodinville, Wash.), Jay Moon (San Francisco) and Joseph Y. Chan (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for electronic devices, including user interfaces for user authentication and device management."

The patent was filed on Sept. 28, 2023, under Applicatio...