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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2023
Filed:
May. 07, 2020
Ringcentral, Inc., Belmont, CA (US);
Doug Chappelle, Orlando, FL (US);
Johannes Ruetschi, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Jeffrey Cripe, Boynton Beach, FL (US);
Ricardo De Lemos, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Qiusheng Jiang, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Robert Hofstetter, Greenacres, FL (US);
Hashim Shafique, Delray Beach, FL (US);
Keith Glasnapp, Delray Beach, FL (US);
Rodrigo Pastro, Lake Worth, FL (US);
Jeff McNiece, Atlantis, FL (US);
Dinesh Kapani Gowda, Delray Beach, FL (US);
Luiz Cesar Zaniolo, Boca Raton, FL (US);
VIraj Puranik, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Christian Garbin, Boca Raton, FL (US);
RINGCENTRAL, INC., Belmont, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and mechanism to manage multi-modal real-time or quasi real-time sessions such as voice, video, instant messaging, or web-conferencing across multiple devices through a simple subscription to a session management service. A user can subscribe to the service from many devices (e.g. mobile device, desk phone, personal computer, internet appliance, internet TV, communication terminal, etc.) and through the service seamlessly move sessions back and forth between subscribed devices. In a preferred embodiment, a user utilizes a 'virtual slider' in a simple 'two touch' procedure to effectuate the movement of a communication session from one device to another device via the service.