US Patent Issued to Zoom Communications on May 12 for "Selectively controlling follower device output for video conferencing" (California, Wisconsin, Illinois, Texas, Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,768, issued on May 12, was assigned to Zoom Communications Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Selectively controlling follower device output for video conferencing" was invented by Jin Fang (Saratoga, Calif.), Ashley Alexandra Hellmann (San Francisco), Robert Aaron Klegon (Chicago), Cynthia Eshiuan Lee (Austin, Texas), Nicholas P. Mueller (Fitchburg, Wis.), Stephen George Newton (San Jose, Calif.) and Shane Paul Springer (Oregon City, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The output of visual content at various follower devices within a physical space is selectively controlled during a video conference. Multiple displays located at a physical sp...