US Patent Issued to Zoom Communications on Dec. 9 for "Listening assistance by virtual conference applications for hybrid events" (Texas, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,445, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Zoom Communications Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Listening assistance by virtual conference applications for hybrid events" was invented by Samuel Kokajko (Round Rock, Texas) and Jonathan Kokotajlo (Brooklyn, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example methods and systems provide listening assistance via a virtual conference application for hybrid events. A client device joins a virtual session of an on-site event via the virtual conference application provided by a virtual conference provider. The virtual conference application receives a first audio signal of the virtual session and a second audio...