US Patent Issued to Meta Platforms Technologies on July 14 for "Software-based user interface element analogues for physical device elements" (Washington, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,682,635, issued on July 14, was assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies LLC (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Software-based user interface element analogues for physical device elements" was invented by Andrew Lovitt (Redmond, Wash.) and Sebastian Sztuk (Menlo Park, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A client device of a user (e.g., a headset) provides a software-based user interface, not relying solely on physical buttons built into the client device itself. The client device's user interface system can render the user interface using graphical, virtual user interface elements that take the place of physical buttons, reducing device manufactur...