US Patent Issued to Microsoft Technology Licensing on Nov. 18 for "Automation of visual indicators for distinguishing active speakers of users displayed as three-dimensional representations" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,016, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Automation of visual indicators for distinguishing active speakers of users displayed as three-dimensional representations" was invented by Jason Thomas Faulkner (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed techniques provide systems that automate visual indicators to show active speakers of a communication session who are displayed as 3D representations. Some participants of a communication session can be displayed in a user interface using 3D representations, e.g., avatars, that are each positioned within a 3D environment. The use...