ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,941, issued on June 23, was assigned to Zoom Communications Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Sharing data during a conference" was invented by Shane Paul Springer (Oregon City, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A presenter device connected to a conference provides shared data to one or more destination devices connected to the conference. The presenter device receives a representation of a download progress of the shared data at the one or more destination devices. The presenter device prompts a user of the presenter device to select a presentation time of the shared data in conjunction with causing display, at the presenter device, of th...