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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2023
8x8, Inc., Campbell, CA (US);
Andrei Soroker, Campbell, CA (US);
Peter Hizalev, Campbell, CA (US);
Bryan R. Martin, Campbell, CA (US);
8x8, Inc., Campbell, CA (US);
Abstract
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 device which uses a first chat-specific communications format and a second user endpoint device which uses a second communications format, wherein the first chat-specific communications format is incompatible with the second communications format; and bridging data communications, via the data communications server and a uniform resource locator, to enable the first user endpoint device to communicate with the second user endpoint device while the first and second user endpoint devices are respectively using the first chat-specific communications format and the second communications format.