US Patent Issued to Zoom Communications on July 8 for "Altering functionality of a video conference component" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,354,352, issued on July 8, was assigned to Zoom Communications Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Altering functionality of a video conference component" was invented by Reed Hunter Allen (Medford, Ore.) and Shane Paul Springer (Oregon City, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer determines one or more configurations specific to a first participant of a video conference for altering functionality of one or more components of the video conference. The computer applies the one or more configurations during the video conference. The computer determines one or more preferences of a second participant of the video conference associated with the...