8x8 Issued New Conferencing and Meeting Patent by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

8x8, Inc. EGHT, a provider of cloud based unified communications, contact center and collaboration services, today announced that it has been awarded a new patent related to its Virtual Meeting technologies.

On December 16, 2014, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued United States Patent number 8,914,734 entitled “Web-enabled Conferencing and Meeting Implementations with a Subscription-based Model.”

The new patent relates to, among other things, a meeting and conferencing system implemented with a server arrangement configured to provide a web-based meeting-group subscription option to potential meeting participants.

Since its establishment, 8x8 has been awarded ninety-eight (98) United States patents covering a variety of voice and video communications, signaling, processing and storage technologies.

About 8x8, Inc.

8x8, Inc. EGHT is the trusted provider of secure and reliable cloud-based unified communications and virtual contact center solutions to more than 40,000 small, midsize and distributed enterprise organizations operating in over 40 countries across six continents. 8x8's out-of-the-box cloud solutions replace traditional on-premise PBX hardware and software-based systems with a flexible and scalable Software as a Service (SaaS) alternative, encompassing cloud business phone service, contact center solutions, and web conferencing. For additional information, visit www.8x8.com, or www.8x8.com/UK or connect with 8x8 on Google+, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.