ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,613, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Zoom Communications Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Joining a conference using a secondary device" was invented by Lara Marie Nelson (San Jose, Calif.) and Brandon Kevin Roper (Washington, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A request is received to connect, to a conference, a first device associated with a conference participant who is joined to the conference via a second device. The first device is connected to the conference without displaying in a user interface that lists conference participants joined to the conference that the conference participant is joined to the conference more than once....