US Patent Issued to Microsoft Technology Licensing on Oct. 7 for "Contextual messaging in video conference" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,835, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Contextual messaging in video conference" was invented by Ryen William White (Woodinville, Wash.) and Peter Bailey (Redmond, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Generally discussed herein are devices, systems, and methods for contextual messaging in a conference. A method can include receiving, by a first user interface, data indicating content of a message, a recipient of the message, and a condition that, when satisfied during the conference, causes the message to be visually displayed during the audiovisual conference, while the conference...