ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,759, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).
"Screen recording camera mode" was invented by Jeremy Baker Voss (Los Angeles).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A messaging system, which hosts a backend service for a messaging client, includes a screen recording system configured to improve usability of a screen recording process while preserving users' privacy in the messaging system. Privacy is preserved by removing the foreground focus from the messaging client when screen recording is in progress. Screen recording is automatically paused when the screen recording system detects a request to restore the foreg...