US Patent Issued to Snap on Dec. 2 for "Collaborative interface element within a virtual conferencing system" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,736, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Collaborative interface element within a virtual conferencing system" was invented by Andrew Cheng-min Lin (Long Island City, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for providing a collaborative interface element within a virtual conferencing system. The program and method provide, in association with designing a room, a first interface for configuring plural participant video elements, each being assignable to a respective participant; rece...