ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,783, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Zoom Communications Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Image sharing in a conference" was invented by Lara Marie Nelson (San Jose, Calif.) and Brandon Kevin Roper (Washington, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An indication of images is received at a first device connected to a conference. A first image is transmitted to a conferencing server based on a request to share the first image of the images in the conference. The first image is displayed in a companion tile associated with the first device. A request is received to share a second image of the images in the conference. The first image is repla...