US Patent Issued to Microsoft Technology Licensing on July 29 for "Promotion of meeting engagement by transitioning viewing perspectives to a temporary viewing perspective showing group activity" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,027, issued on July 29, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Promotion of meeting engagement by transitioning viewing perspectives to a temporary viewing perspective showing group activity" was invented by Jason Thomas Faulkner (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The techniques disclosed herein provide promotion of meeting engagement by transitioning viewing perspectives to a temporary viewing perspective showing group activity. A system can show each person a view of a large virtual environment, e.g., in a stadium full of representations of meeting attendees. Each person sees the virtual environm...