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CounterPath Awarded Patent Enabling Business Users to Access Enterprise Telephony Features on their Mobile Devices
U.S. Patent 8,165,576 "Method and System for Extending Services to Cellular Devices" enabl...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n\n\nU.S. Patent 8,165,576 \"Method and System for Extending Services to\n Cellular Devices\" enables enterprises to move services such as 4-digit\n extension dialing, ad hoc conferencing, call transfers and more, to\n mobile smartphones and tablets\n\n\nVANCOUVER, April 25, 2012 /CNW/ - With consumerized handsets penetrating\n IT departments, enterprises are more than ever looking for ways to\n converge services between their enterprise communication systems and\n employees' mobile devices. This, coupled with the growing tendency for\n employees to bring their own device (BYOD) to the office, is impacting\n the way IT managers address convergence and their control over the\n devices that connect to their networks. CounterPath (TSXV: CCV) (OTCBB: CPAH) today announced that its suite of SIP-based\n enterprise communication solutions, backed by several patents including\n a newly acquired U.S. Patent 8,165,576 for \"Method and System for\n Extending Services to Cellular Devices\", enables enterprises to move\n services such as 4-digit extension dialing, ad hoc conferencing, call\n transfers and more, to mobile smartphones and tablets, arming the\n enterprise workforce with the tools they need on the devices they want\n to use.\n\n\nCounterPath's standards-based suite gives enterprises convenient new\n options for managing their voice, messaging and video communications\n applications, including provisioning calling features and managing user\n accounts. With CounterPath's suite of Bria softphones and server\n applications, IT managers have increased flexibility to implement VoIP\n and IP PBX strategies that take advantage of smartphones and tablets,\n including employee-owned devices.\n\n\nCounterPath's solutions also help enterprises minimize their\n communications expenses by giving them the option to automatically\n route calls over low-cost networks, such as corporate Wi-Fi and\n approved hotspot providers. Products such as Bria enable fixed-mobile\n convergence (FMC), including seamless handovers between cellular, Wi-Fi\n and wired networks.\n\n\n\"According to the International Telecommunication Union there are 6 billion mobile subscribers in the world or, in other words,\n 87% of the world's population have a mobile phone,\" said Michael Doyle,\n Vice President of Technology for CounterPath. \"Mobility is only going\...