US Patent Issued to Zoom Communications on April 15 for "Limiting software functionality access based on device mode" (Texas, Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,073, issued on April 15, was assigned to Zoom Communications Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Limiting software functionality access based on device mode" was invented by Cynthia Eshiuan Lee (Austin, Texas), Jeffrey William Smith (Layton, Utah) and Jordan Thiel (Leander, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Access to functionality of a software service is enabled at a first device associated with a user based on the first device being in a primary mode. A connection may thereafter be established between the software service and a second device associated with the same user. In response to that connection, access to a subset of the functional...