8x8 Issued New Network Service Provider 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 network services. On January 27, 2015, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued United States Patent number 8,943,180 entitled “Server-based Service Configuration System and Approach.”

The new patent relates to, among other things, a host network location that includes two or more servers that automatically reconfigure their services in response to controller service settings corresponding to each server. Each server reads configuration information provided at a controller such as a domain name server (DNS), and in response, starts a network-based service corresponding to the configuration information. For instance, each of the two or more servers may be adapted to provide mail service via simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP) and web service via hyper text transfer protocol (HTTP). In this regard, when a DNS associates a first one of the servers with HTTP services and a second one of the servers with SMTP services, each server reconfigures its services accordingly, e.g., at a selected configuration time after startup or in response to an initiating event.

Since its establishment, 8x8 has been awarded one-hundred one (101) 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 businesses 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.