ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,886, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Zoom Communications Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Communication platform with integrated service interface" was invented by Aakash Atul Alurkar (San Jose, Calif.) and Adi David Regev (Fairlawn, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example methods and systems provide a communication platform client application that includes tightly and seamlessly integrated management of a curated, external service or suite of services. An application programming interface (API) is used to access and manage the external service, and an application marketplace or app store can make it possible for a user of the client...