ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,652, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Snap Inc (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Presenting captured screen content 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 presenting captured screen content within a virtual conferencing system. The program and method provide, in association with designing a room for virtual conferencing, a first interface for configuring at least one participant video element which is assignable to a respecti...