ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,238,150, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to RingCentral Inc. (Belmont, Calif.).

"Computer-implemented method of performing a real-time collaboration session, collaborative platform for performing real-time collaboration sessions, and collaborative chat post object" was invented by Ioannis Nikolaou (Attika, Greece).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A telecommunication device, apparatus, and a computer-implemented method of performing a real-time collaboration session with a plurality of participants can be configured so that a method can be performed. The method can include starting a chat application (e.g. a group chat application) for the p...