ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,808, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Let's Roll Marketing LLC (Cockeysville, Md.).

"Pre-recorded video ads play in video call wait room" was invented by Thomas Rocha III (San Antonio), Darren C. Fransella (San Antonio) and Mark Dent (Cockeysville, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for displaying pre-recorded video content in the waiting room of a video call. The invention replaces the blank screen or static image typically shown to users while waiting for the call to be answered with pre-recorded video messages or advertisements chosen by the video call provider. The system comprises a video calling platform, ...