ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,784, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Motorola Mobility LLC (Chicago).

"Tactile overlay for touch screen virtual game controller coupled to external display" was invented by Amit Kumar Agrawal (Bangalore, India), Pankaj Kushwaha (Bangalore, India) and Satyabrata Rout (Bhubaneswar, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device, method, and computer program product combine the mobility and flexibility of presenting a virtual gamepad on a touch display with tactile feedback associated with physical gamepad controllers. The electronic device connects to an external display. A controller of the electronic device executes a g...