ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,673, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Gyrus ACMI Inc. (Westborough, Mass.).

"System and method for controlling and selecting sources in a room on a network" was invented by Eddie E. Mitchell (Harvard, Mass.) and Peter Renzi (Acton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for controlling and selecting sources in a room on a network. The system allows a remote viewer to create a virtual presence within the room by providing the available displays, corresponding to the sources, to the remote viewer. The system includes a standardizing technique for improving the communication and overall switching of data for streamin...