ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,701,024, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to 8x8 Inc. (Campbell, Calif.).

"Communication bridging in a remote office environment" was invented by Andrei Soroker (Campbell, Calif.), Peter Hizalev (Campbell, Calif.) and Bryan R. Martin (Campbell, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Certain aspects of the disclosure are directed to communication bridging among disparate communications formats and/or platforms in a remote communications environment involving first and second user devices. According to a specific example, a method including: using a data communications server to establish communication sessions between a first user endpoint de...