US Patent Issued to Apple on Feb. 3 for "Alternative object representations in multi-user communication sessions" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,541,917, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Alternative object representations in multi-user communication sessions" was invented by Leanid Vouk (San Carlos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various implementations share both 2D video stream data and additional data (e.g., 3D data) during multi-user communication sessions and enable the receiving (viewing) device to selectively use such information based on circumstances. For example, based on a receiving (viewing) device having stereo-viewing capabilities (e.g., such as a head mounted device may have), the device may determine to use the additional da...