ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,640, issued on May 13, was assigned to Zoom Communications Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Sharing virtual whiteboard content" was invented by Ross Douglas Mayfield (Palo Alto, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One example method includes accessing, by a client device associated with a user, a virtual whiteboard; receiving navigational inputs to select a portion of the virtual whiteboard; receiving an input to capture the selected portion of the virtual whiteboard; generating a presentation slide based on the selected portion of the virtual whiteboard; and inserting the presentation slide into a presentation."
The patent was filed on ...