US Patent Issued to Microsoft Licensing Technology on March 18 for "Automation of rehearsal sessions of communication sessions" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,943, issued on March 18, was assigned to Microsoft Licensing Technology LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Automation of rehearsal sessions of communication sessions" was invented by Yichen Jia (Kirkland, Wash.) and Siunie Aquawati Sutjahjo (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The techniques disclosed herein provide a set of tools that help event organizers better prepare for important events by facilitating features of rehearsal sessions. In some configurations, a system can create a rehearsal session in the process of setting up a meeting. Thus, if a meeting organizer is setting up a company all-hands meeting, the tools provide options tha...