ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,348,575, issued on July 1, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Dynamically assigning participant video feeds within virtual conferencing system" was invented by Emily Cho (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Andrew Cheng-min Lin (Long Island City, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for dynamically assigning participant video feeds within a virtual conferencing system. The program and method provide, in association with designing a virtual space for virtual conferencing, an interface for configuring a set of rooms, ...