8x8 Awarded New Patent for Contact Center Technology

8x8, Inc. (NASDAQ:EGHT), a leading provider of cloud-based unified communications and contact center solutions, today announced that it has been awarded a new patent related to its contact center technologies.

On December 29, 2015, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) issued United States Patent number 9,225,832 entitled “Networked Contact Center User Interface.” The ‘832 patent relates to a user interface associated with a networked contact center that includes a frame to present information in a selectable format. Based on a selection associated with the information, the frame is to present further information in an un-selectable format.

Since its establishment, 8x8 has been awarded 114 United States patents covering a variety of voice and video communications, signaling, processing and storage technologies.

About 8x8, Inc.

8x8, Inc. (NASDAQ:EGHT) is the trusted provider of secure and reliable enterprise cloud communications solutions to more than 40,000 businesses operating in over 100 countries across six continents. 8x8's out-of-the-box cloud solutions replace traditional on-premises PBX hardware and software-based systems with a flexible and scalable Software as a Service (SaaS) alternative, encompassing cloud business phone service, contact center solutions, and conferencing. For additional information, visit www.8x8.com, www.8x8.com/UK or connect with 8x8 on LinkedIn, Twitter, Google+ and Facebook.

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