ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,769,568, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to International Business Machines Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).

"Generating instructions for user interface changes based on version updates" was invented by Dong Chen (Beijing), Xiang Wei Li (Beijing), Xiang Juan Meng (Beijing), Ting Ting Zhan (Beijing), Xiao Juan Chen (Beijing) and Ye Huo (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, computer program product, and computer system are provided for generating instructions for user interface changes based on version updates. First data corresponding to a first input by a user on a first version of a user interface is received. An interface element on a...