ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,711,811, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Zoom Communications Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Active pane configuration during video conferences" was invented by Gregory Wright (Cameron Park, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for configuring active panes during video conferences are provided. In an example method, a client device joins a video conference hosted by a video conference provider, the video conference comprising a number of client devices. The client device receives an indication of a selection of an active pane view. In response to receiving the indication, the client device displays an active pane on a display of...