ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,231,482, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Alternative screenshare provision" was invented by Joshua Smith (Milton, Fla.), Travis Ennis (Jasper, Ind.), Richard Downey (Charlestown, Ind.) and Matthew Fardig (Boonville, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One embodiment provides a method, the method including: detecting, during a meeting comprising at least one participant remote to a user identified as a presenter and utilizing a screenshare alternative system, visual data shared from an information handling device of the presenter to an information handling device of the at least one participan...