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Whiteboard viewport synchronization based on triggers associated with conference participants

Grant US12581036B2 Kind: B2 Mar 17, 2026

Assignee

Zoom Communications, Inc.

Inventors

Palmer Harold Batt, Alicia Anne-Kepner Brekke, Stephen George Newton, Jeffrey William Smith

Abstract

A first conference participant of a conference that includes a whiteboard is identified. A first viewport into the whiteboard is identified. The first viewport is displayed at a device of the first conference participant. A second viewport is set based on the first viewport. The second viewport is displayed at a device of a second conference participant. The first conference participant may be identified based on a trigger associated with the first conference participant. The first conference participant may be identified based on speech in an audio stream received from the device of the first conference participant. The first conference participant may be identified based on an edit to the whiteboard received from the device of the first conference participant.

CPC Classifications

H04N 7/152 H04N 7/147 H04L 65/4015

Filing Date

2023-01-19

Application No.

18156507

Claims

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