ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,299,345, issued on May 13, was assigned to CISCO TECHNOLOGY INC. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Providing content in a multiuser digital whiteboard session" was invented by Cristoffer Karl Conny Sarevall (Oslo, Norway), Magne Pettersen Zachrisen (Oslo, Norway), Andreas Aardal Hanssen (Hvalstad, Norway) and Oyvind Kurisaki-Sagberg (Bekkestua, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Presented herein are systems and methods that allow for dynamic tracking of changes made by an interacting participant. The non-interacting participants follow the changes made by the interacting participant but maintain the ability to take control of their viewport. The s...