ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,299,462, issued on May 13, was assigned to Canva Pty Ltd (Surry Hills, Australia).

"Systems and methods for interactive presentations" was invented by Ho Wai Anthony Kong (Surry Hills, Australia), Ashwanth Fernando (Baulkham Hills, Australia), Rob Kawalsky (Surry Hills, Australia), Samuel Enoka (Sydney) and Vladimirs Katusenoks (Surry Hills, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a computer implemented method for providing participant interactions in a presentation session. The method comprises receiving, over the course of the presentation session, a plurality of a user interaction messages from one or more partici...