US Patent Issued to Microsoft Technology Licensing on July 29 for "Automation of audio and viewing perspectives for bringing focus to relevant activity of a communication session" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,054, issued on July 29, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Automation of audio and viewing perspectives for bringing focus to relevant activity of a communication session" was invented by Jason Thomas Faulkner (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The techniques disclosed herein enable systems to guide a user's attention to relevant activity of a communication session displayed in a 3D environment. The system can control a viewing perspective of a 3D environment to focus on specific avatars that are relevant to a user viewing the activity. The system can also control audio signals from remote user...