# US 12,112,532 B2 · Copying shared content using machine vision > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,112,532 B2 - Document ID: US12112532B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/313,631 - Filed: 2023-05-08 - Published: 2024-02-01 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - Earliest claimed: 2022-07-29 - Assignees: Zoom Video Communications, Inc. - Applicants: Zoom Video Communications, Inc. - Inventors: Shane Paul Springer - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12112532B2 ## CPC - G06V 10/945: {User interactive design; Environments; Toolboxes} - H04L 12/1827: {Network arrangements for conference optimisation or adaptation} - G06T 7/13: Edge detection - G06V 20/41: {Higher-level, semantic clustering, classification or understanding of video scenes, e.g. detection, labelling or Markovian modelling of sport events or news items (segmenting video sequences G06V20/49)} - G06V 30/10: Character recognition - G06V 30/19: Recognition using electronic means - H04L 12/1813: {for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms (instant messaging H04L51/04; protocols for multimedia communication H04L65/1101; arrangements for multi-party communication H04L65/403; telephonic conference arrangements H04M3/56; television conference systems H04N7/15)} - H04N 5/77: between a recording apparatus and a television camera - H04N 7/147: {Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals (selecting H04Q)} - H04N 7/155: {involving storage of or access to video conference sessions (tracking arrangements for later retrieval of a computer conference content or participants activities H04L12/1831)} - G06T 2200/24: involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs] - G06T 2207/10016: Video; Image sequence - H04L 12/1831: {Tracking arrangements for later retrieval, e.g. recording contents, participants activities or behavior, network status} - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract Selections of content shared from a remote device during a video conference are copied to a destination of a computing device connected to the video conference live or at which a recording of the video conference is viewed. The content shared from the remote device during the video conference is output at a display of the computing device. A portion of the content is selected according to an instruction received from a user of the computing device while output at the display of the computing device to copy to a destination associated with software running at the computing device. The portion of the content is identified using a machine vision process performed against the content while output at the display of the computing device. The portion of the content is then copied to the destination. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method, comprising: performing, based on an instruction received from a user of a computing device while content shared from a remote device during a video conference is output for display at the computing device, a machine vision process on the content to configure the content for copying; and copying the content to a destination associated with the computing device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, comprising: receiving the instruction from the user while the content is output at a display of the computing device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein performing the machine vision process on the content to configure the content for copying comprises: performing optical character recognition to identify text within the content. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein performing the machine vision process on the content to configure the content for copying comprises: performing image detection using edge recognition to identify a boundary of an image within the content. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein performing the machine vision process on the content to configure the content for copying comprises: performing the machine vision process while the video conference is ongoing. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein performing the machine vision process on the content to configure the content for copying comprises: performing the machine vision process while a recording of the video conference is playing at the computing device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the destination corresponds to a client application used to connect the computing device to the video conference. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the destination corresponds to document processing software running at the computing device. ### Claim 9 A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions operable to cause one or more processors to perform operations comprising: performing, based on an instruction received from a user of a computing device while content shared from a remote device during a video conference is output for display at the computing device, a machine vision process on the content to configure the content for copying; and copying the content to a destination associated with the computing device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein the operations for performing the machine vision process comprise one of: performing optical character recognition on the content; or performing image detection using edge recognition on the content. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein the instruction received from the user of the computing device corresponds to a selection of the content by the user of the computing device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein a sharing permission restricts copying second content shared from the remote device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein the operations for copying the content to the destination comprise: copying the content from the video conference to a cache; and copying the content from the cache to the destination. ### Claim 14 A device, comprising: one or more memories; and one or more processors configured to execute instructions stored in the one or more memories to: perform, based on an instruction received from a user of the device while content shared from a remote device during a video conference is output for display at the device, a machine vision process on the content to configure the content for copying; and copying the content to a destination associated with the device. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The device of claim 14, wherein, to perform the machine vision process, the one or more processors are configured to execute the instructions to: identify a hyperlink based on the content; and prepare information associated with the hyperlink for copying. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The device of claim 14, wherein the instruction received from the user of the device is received based on the user of the device using a mouse to select the content. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The device of claim 14, wherein the copying is performed by a client application used to connect the device to the video conference and the destination corresponds to software other than the client application. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The device of claim 14, wherein the copying is performed by a client application used to connect the device to the video conference and the destination corresponds to the client application. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The device of claim 14, wherein the content includes one or more of screen share content or a conference participant video stream content. ### Claim 20 (depends on 14) The device of claim 14, wherein the content includes one or both of text content or image content.