8x8 Awarded New Patent For Its Global Reach Technology - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - 8x8, Inc. (EGHT), a provider of cloud-based unified communications and contact center solutions, said it has been awarded a new patent related to its Global Reach technologies.

Global Reach enables 8x8's unified communications and contact center solutions to unite global teams with the highest quality communication links, 8x8 said.

On September 29, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued United States Patent number 9,148,519 entitled "Intelligent Media Relay Selection."

The '519 patent relates to how 8x8 optimizes its call paths while maintaining call state during the routing of media to its ultimate destination. This technology enables 8x8's customers to place or receive calls anywhere around the globe on any device with the same call quality as a local call.

Since its establishment, 8x8 has received 112 United States patents covering a variety of voice and video communications, signaling, processing and storage technologies.