ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,997, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to LiveArena Technologies AB (Taby, Sweden).

"Method and device for producing a video stream" was invented by Anders Nilsson (Falkoping, Sweden), Andreas Bjorkman (Taby, Sweden), Lars Erlman (Leksand, Sweden) and Hans Almgren (Taby, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for producing a video stream. A first user is authenticated. A first primary video stream is captured showing the first user and comprising a first primary authentication video part. A fourth primary video stream is captured, visually showing the first user from a different point of view, comprising a fourth pri...