ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,091, issued on April 14, was assigned to View Operating Corp. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Immersive collaboration of remote participants via media displays" was invented by Tanya Makker (Milpitas, Calif.), Nitesh Trikha (Pleasanton, Calif.), Brian Lee Smith (Benicia, Calif.), Keivan Ebrahimi (Fremont, Calif.), Todd Daniel Antes (San Jose, Calif.), Aditya Dayal (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Amit Sarin (Milpitas, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An immersive digital experience for video conferencing simulates common presence of a virtual participant in a local environment. Such simulation may include (i) using a transparent media display havi...