ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,335,057, issued on June 17.

"Conferencing between remote participants" was invented by Sandipan Subir Chaudhuri (Miami Beach, Fla.) and Satrajit Chaudhuri (Miami Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a video-conferencing system that is a realistic analog to an in-person meeting environment, and methods of communication using the video conferencing system. In one example embodiment, a video-conferencing system is disclosed including a semi-circular screen with a plurality of cameras embedded within the screen in a peripheral array. The camera array facilitating a unique fi...