ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,854, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Zoom Communications Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Notification of manipulations in communication sessions" was invented by Alexander Waibel (Sammamish, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manipulation of a media stream associated with a manipulated participant of a communication session is identified. A notification of the manipulation is transmitted to a first participant of the communication session. An approval indication of the manipulation is received from the first participant. A determination is made that the approval indication indicates a disapproval of the manipulation. A request to di...