ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,541, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to RingCentral Inc. (Belmont, Calif.).
"Collaborative communications environment and privacy setting associated therewith" was invented by Christopher van Rensburg (Portland, Ore.) and Kevin Cubba (Pacifica, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes receiving a user indication to create an online collaborative team within an online chat environment. The method further includes receiving a user selection of members for the online collaborative team. The online collaborative team enables the selected members of the online collaborative team to communicate with one another. The online...