ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,770, issued on May 12, was assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (Stockholm).

"Providing a 3D representation of a transmitting participant in a virtual meeting" was invented by Ali El Essaili (Aachen, Germany), Natalya Tyudina (Aachen, Germany), Joerg Christian Ewert (Aachen, Germany) and Ola Melander (Wuerselen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for providing a three-dimensional (3D) representation of a transmitting participant in a virtual meeting is provided. The method is performed in a representation provider and comprises obtaining a non-realtime 3D model of at least part of a person, obtaining partial...