US Patent Issued to Microsoft Technology Licensing on July 8 for "Transitioning of meeting engagement by transitioning viewing perspectives to a temporary viewing perspective showing clusters of group activity" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,117, issued on July 8, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

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

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed techniques provide promotion of engagement by transitioning viewing perspectives to a temporary viewing perspective showing clusters of group activity. A system shows 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 ...