ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,531, issued on March 3, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Configuring a 3D model within a virtual conferencing system" was invented by William Chou (Jersey City, N.J.) and 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 configuring a three-dimensional (3D) model within a virtual conferencing system. The program and method provide, in association with designing a room for virtual conferencing, an interface for configuring a 3D model; receiving, via the interface,...