8x8 Issued Two New Communications Patents by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
August 13 2014 - 8:15AM
Business Wire
8x8, Inc. (NASDAQ: EGHT), a provider of cloud-based unified
communications, contact center and collaboration services, today
announced that it has been awarded two new patents related to its
communications technologies. On August 12, 2014, the U.S. Patent
and Trademark Office issued United States Patent number 8,804,704
entitled “Method and System for Updating Physical Location
Information” as well as United States Patent number 8,804,940
entitled “Networked Contact Center.” The ‘940 patent is a
continuation of United States Patent number 8,619,967 which was
awarded to 8x8 on December 31, 2013.
The ‘704 patent relates to a method and system for updating
physical location data associated with a voice over Internet
protocol (“VoIP”) endpoint that is associated with an Internet
service.
The ‘940 patent relates to, among other things, a networked
contact center that includes multiple platforms to host multiple
tenants. Example embodiments of the invention include receiving a
message associated with one of the tenants and identifying one or
more of the platforms associated with the message. The invention
also enables the networked contact center platform to access a data
location that is both associated with the tenant and shared by two
or more multiple tenants.
Since its establishment, 8x8 has been awarded ninety-four (94)
United States patents covering a variety of voice and video
communications, signaling, processing and storage technologies.
About 8x8, Inc.
8x8, Inc. (NASDAQ:EGHT) is the trusted provider of secure and
reliable cloud-based unified
communications and virtual contact center solutions to
more than 39,000 small, midsize and distributed enterprise
organizations operating in over 40 countries across six continents.
8x8's out-of-the-box cloud solutions replace traditional on-premise
PBX hardware and software-based systems with a flexible and
scalable Software as a Service (SaaS) alternative, encompassing
cloud business phone service, contact center solutions, and web
conferencing. For additional information,
visit www.8x8.com, or www.8x8.com/UK or connect with
8x8
on Google+, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
8x8, Inc.Tim Polakowski, 669-200-6638tim.polakowski@8x8.com
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