ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,631, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Multi-user content sharing using anchors in 3D environments" was invented by Connor A. Smith (San Mateo, Calif.) and Joanne Lee (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various implementations provide advantages of real-world environments, such as real-world office spaces in which workers have desks or office spaces located within the same floor, hallway, common area, etc., in remote circumstances. Communications sessions between the devices of remote users share content amongst the users. This may involve sharing audio content so that the users can tal...