ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,973, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Established perspective user interface and user experience for video meetings" was invented by John C. Tang (Palo Alto, Calif.), William Arthur Stewart Buxton (Toronto), Andrew D. Wilson (Seattle), Kori M. Inkpen (Redmond, Wash.), Sasa Junuzovic (Kirkland, Wash.), Abigail J. Sellen (Cambridge, Great Britain) and Edward Sean Lloyd Rintel (Cambridge, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of this present disclosure relate to hybrid conference user interface. The hybrid conference interface provides an establishing shot before t...