US Patent Issued to Zoom Communications on May 19 for "Automated follower device activation and deactivation for video conferencing" (California, Wisconsin, Illinois, Texas, Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,634,411, issued on May 19, was assigned to Zoom Communications Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Automated follower device activation and deactivation 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: "Follower devices within a physical space are automatically activated and/or deactivated during a video conference. The follower devices are paired to a leader device wit...