ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,764, issued on May 13, was assigned to 8x8 Inc. (Campbell, Calif.).
"Web-server to host switchboard interfaces" was invented by Zhishen Liu (Campbell, Calif.) and Bryan R. Martin (Campbell, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and methods concerning routing of calls in client-configured set of servers, such as a web-server configured to host a switchboard interface are disclosed. As an example, one apparatus includes such a hosting web-server configured to route VoIP calls for a plurality of end-users having respective VoIP-enabled devices communicatively coupled to the web-server via a network. A user-activity detection c...