ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,961, issued on June 17, was assigned to Class Technologies Inc. (Austin, Texas).

"Virtual classroom over a group meeting platform" was invented by Michael L. Chasen (Austin, Texas) and Wesley A. Boyer (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method to provide a remote classroom experience is provided. The method includes receiving, in a server, a data feed from multiple participants in a group meeting, merging the data feed from each of the participants into a group presentation, and providing the group presentation to one or more of the participants. The method also includes tracking at least one application data from at leas...