ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,476, issued on April 7, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device for managing storage space and method of operating the same" was invented by Junho Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Jaehong Cheon (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Hyejung Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Seongsu Yoon (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device may include a display, a memory, and at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to identify a first account and a second account associated with a user of the electronic device, store at least one first file ass...