ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,361,382, issued on July 15, was assigned to Zazzle Inc. (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Collaborative video chat screen sharing using a digital product collaboration platform" was invented by Robert I. Beaver III (Menlo Park, Calif.), Jeffrey J. Beaver (Menlo Park, Calif.) and Leslie Young Harvill (Menlo Park, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method comprises: receiving an indication of a particular design style; determining, based on the indication, functional product groups that comprise a plurality of custom products having indicia of the particular design style; initiating a collaboration sessi...