ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,088, issued on July 14, was assigned to Zoom Communications Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Remotely adjusting audio capture during video conferences" was invented by Shane Paul Springer (Manchester, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One example method includes joining, by a first client device, a videoconferencing meeting hosted by a video conference provider, the videoconference meeting including a plurality of participants; providing an audio stream and a video stream to a video conference provider; receiving, from a second client device, an audio focus area associated with a video stream provided the first client device; determining...