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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2023
Zoom Communications, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Jin Fang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Ashley Alexandra Hellmann, San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert Aaron Klegon, Chicago, IL (US);
Cynthia Eshiuan Lee, Austin, TX (US);
Nicholas P. Mueller, Fitchburg, WI (US);
Stephen George Newton, San Jose, CA (US);
Shane Paul Springer, Oregon City, OR (US);
Zoom Communications, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Follower devices within a physical space are automatically activated and/or deactivated during a video conference. The follower devices are paired to a leader device within the physical space to enable a companion mode designation for the follower devices during a video conference. Based on a connection of the leader device to the video conference and based on the pairing between the leader device and a follower device of the follower devices, an event associated with the follower device is determined. Based on the event and the companion mode designation of the follower device, an action associated with the follower device is performed. The leader device and the follower devices are collectively represented as a single logical entity to the video conference.