ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,711, issued on March 25, was assigned to Adeia Guides Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Automated meeting recordings and replay based on user activity and attendance" was invented by Christopher Phillips (Hartwell, Ga.), Reda Harb (Issaquah, Wash.) and Tao Chen (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "System and methods of providing automatic recording of a virtual meeting based on user activity is disclosed. The method includes determining if a virtual meeting has begun and if a user is available or attentive based on one or more sensors, including a webcam, a Bluetooth controller, an infrared camera, a proximity detector, and a m...