Patent ID: 11880512
Assignee: MUTED LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A computer peripheral device comprising:
a housing that defines an interior volume;
a microcontroller disposed in the interior volume;
at least one light emitting element disposed in the interior volume; and
an actuator coupled to the housing;
wherein the microcontroller is configured to transmit at least one command signal in response to a user activation of the actuator;
wherein the at least one command signal controls a function of a video conferencing application, wherein the function is at least one of a mute control for toggling a microphone of a computing device on and off and a video control for toggling a camera of a computing device on and off;
wherein the at least one command signal corresponds to a keyboard shortcut for controlling the function of the video conferencing application or the at least one command signal is a Human Interface Device (HID) command protocol signal.