ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,513,575, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Zoom Communications Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Proximity-based session handover" was invented by Jin Fang (Saratoga, Calif.) and Wei Guo (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Sessions in progress are seamlessly moved between devices of a software platform. Proximity-based session handovers are performed between devices of the software platform utilizing ultrasound signals. The ultrasound signals include a frequency signature. The frequency signature is associated with a stationary device. A handover of a session in progress from a mobile device to the stationary device is performed ba...