ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,101, issued on June 24, was assigned to Capital One Services LLC (McLean, Va.).

"Automatic image generator using meeting content" was invented by Sarvani Kare (Clarksville, Md.), Daniel Tran (McLean, Va.), Lee Adcock (Midlothian, Va.), Geeta Shyamala (Herndon, Va.) and Benjamin Polk (Arlington, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems disclosed herein describe generating virtual backgrounds for video communications. A virtual background generator may monitor a user's calendar and/or inbox for meetings. The virtual background generator may analyze the context of calendar invites and/or scheduled meetings to generate one ...