ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,212, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device and method for providing user interface thereof" was invented by Jeongwook Kwon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Misun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Taeuk Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyunjin Um (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sangheon Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Mira Seo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyomin Oh (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Yeunwook Lim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device may include: a memory, a display, a haptic module comprising haptic circuitry, a sound module comprising audio circuit...