ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,534, issued on July 21, was assigned to Zoom Communications Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Graphical user interface for requesting recording of conference" was invented by Shane Paul Springer (Oregon City, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device of a proposed participant of the video conference receives an invitation to a video conference. The device provides, via a display of the device and based on the invitation, a graphical user interface element comprising a first graphical user interface icon for accepting the invitation, a second graphical user interface icon for rejecting the invitation, and a third graphical user interface i...