8×8 Awarded Patent for Hosted IP-PBX
8×8, Inc. Invention Core to Packet8 Virtual Office Services and provider of Packet8 broadband voice over internet protocol (VoIP) and videophone communications services, today announced it has been awarded US Patent No. 7,035,935 for technology related to the routing of telephony data within hosted VoIP business services, such as Packet8 Virtual Office.
Claim 1, the first of forty-four (44) allowed claims, of the patent entitled “Communications Service Provider Network,” reads:
1. A telephony private branch exchange routing arrangement adapted to route IP telephony data, the routing arrangement comprising:
a call-control application having an object-oriented programming (OOP) telephony interface and programmed, using OOP and the OOP telephony interface, to control the routing of calls;
a device-control application adapted to provide telephony communication signals for the routed calls and to interface between the call- control application and a plurality of telephony devices; and
a configuration manager adapted to provide configuration information for the call-control application and the device-control application.
Claim 1, the first of forty-four (44) allowed claims, of the patent entitled “Communications Service Provider Network,” reads:
1. A telephony private branch exchange routing arrangement adapted to route IP telephony data, the routing arrangement comprising:
a call-control application having an object-oriented programming (OOP) telephony interface and programmed, using OOP and the OOP telephony interface, to control the routing of calls;
a device-control application adapted to provide telephony communication signals for the routed calls and to interface between the call- control application and a plurality of telephony devices; and
a configuration manager adapted to provide configuration information for the call-control application and the device-control application.
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