ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,584, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Herst Ventures Inc. (Berkeley, Calif.).
"Universal support platform for camera enabled mobile computer devices" was invented by Douglas J. Herst (Ross, Calif.) and Frank A. Friedman (Mill Valley, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A universal support platform for supporting different camera enabled mobile computer devices, such as laptop computers, tablets and cell phones, that have a display screen and camera coverage areas in front of the display screen and that are used for creating video sessions such as for on-line meetings, webinars and podcasts. The support platform includes mobile de...