ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,231,475, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Damaka Inc. (Richardson, Texas).
"System and method for establishing and managing multiple call sessions from a centralized control interface" was invented by Rashmi Lohita (Allen, Texas) and Sivakumar Chaturvedi (Allen, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a system and method for establishing and managing one-to-one and conference call sessions through a virtual waiting room. Conference calls may be established initially or created as additional people are invited to an existing call. Functions such as screensharing, chat messaging, and file sharing may be provided. Media, includ...