SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 29, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 8x8, Inc.
(Nasdaq:EGHT), provider of innovative cloud communications and
computing solutions, today announced that it has been granted United
States Patent number 8,027,332 entitled "Virtual Telephone Extension."
The patent issued from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on
September 27, 2011.

The patent relates to call routing to user communication devices.
According to an example embodiment, a call-routing switch arrangement
uses data in a programmable database to associate or match incoming
calls with destination user-communication devices for users employing
two or more user identifiers. The incoming calls are then routed to the
destination user-communication devices in response to the match. In
some applications, the user identifiers include local and virtual
telephone numbers for a particular user, the local number pertaining to
a geographical location relating to the user's communication device or
to a service via which the user's communication device is connected
(e.g., a mobile telephone service), and the virtual telephone number to
a different geographical location. In this context, a virtual number
allows telephone calls to be made to a particular user to give the
impression to a caller that the user is located or has offices in a
particular geographical location pertaining to an area code in the
virtual number.

Since its establishment in 1987, 8x8 has been awarded seventy-seven
(77) United States patents covering a variety of voice and video
communications, signaling, processing and storage technologies.

About 8x8, Inc.

8x8, Inc. (Nasdaq:EGHT), a pioneer in the development of cloud-based
VoIP, video, mobile, call center and unified communications solutions,
leverages its patented software technologies to deliver
industry-leading SaaS applications to businesses of any size with
employees in any location. We offer integrated business communications
and cloud computing services that are designed to meet the highest
levels of availability, reliability and scalability. Increasingly,
businesses are finding they can reduce costs, improve productivity, and
be positioned competitively for the future by choosing 8x8 for their
mission critical, cloud-based communications and computing needs. For
additional information, visit www.8x8.com, or connect with 8x8 on
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