ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,082, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Zoom Communications Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Movement tracking for video communications in a virtual environment" was invented by Jordan Thiel (Leander, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media relate to a method for head tracking for video communications in a virtual environment. The system may provide a video conference session in a virtual environment. The system may provide a digital representation of the video conference participant in the virtual environment. The system may display one or more view...