Patents Assigned to Nextiva, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11977846
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for scoring sentiments of communication activity and includes one or more databases that stores data describing electronic communication between one or more customer devices and one or more service center devices and a computer. The computer is configured to monitor communication activity of the one or more customer devices and the one or more service center devices to determine whether a communication channel has been opened between the one or more customer devices and the one or more service center devices and identify one or more communication activities associated with the electronic communications. The computer is further configured to compare the identified one or more communication activities with one or more predetermined communication data, determine a sentiment score based on one or more correlations between the identified one or more communication activities and the communication data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Nextiva, Inc.
    Inventor: Tomas Gorny
  • Patent number: 11924581
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for generating a teleconference space for two or more initial communication devices using a computer coupled with a database and including a processor and memory. The computer generates a teleconference space and transmits requests to join the teleconference space to the two or more initial communication devices. The computer stores in memory identification information, and audiovisual data associated with one or more users, for each of the two or more initial communication devices. The computer transmits audiovisual teleconference data to each of the two or more initial communication devices. The computer transmits a request to join the teleconference space to a third communication device, stores identification information and audiovisual data from the third communication device, and transmits audiovisual teleconference data that includes audiovisual data from the third communication device to each of the three or more communication devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Nextiva, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomas Gorny, Jean-Baptiste Martinoli, Tracy Conrad, Lukas Gorny
  • Patent number: 11915248
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for scoring an interaction over one or more channels by an end user and an entity by monitoring the communications over the channels and assigning penalties and scores based on topics associated with the communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Nextiva, Inc.
    Inventor: Tomas Gorny
  • Patent number: 11811543
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for generating a chat space for two or more communication devices using a computer coupled with a database and comprising a processor and memory. The computer generates a chat space and transmits requests to join the chat space to the two or more communication devices. The computer stores in memory identification information for each of the two or more communication devices and one or more public chat messages transmitted between the two or more communication devices. The computer monitors for one or more requests, transmitted from one of the two or more communication devices to the computer, to generate a private thread. In response to one or more requests, the computer generates a private thread, and stores in the computer memory one or more private thread messages transmitted between two or more communication devices in the private thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Nextiva, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomas Gorny, Jean-Baptiste Martinoli, Tracy Conrad, Lukas Gorny
  • Patent number: 11765213
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for generating a teleconference space for two or more communication devices using a computer coupled with a database and comprising a processor and memory. The computer generates a teleconference space and transmits requests to join the teleconference space to the two or more communication devices. The computer stores in memory identification information for each of the two or more communication devices. Each of the two or more communication devices transmits a communication system stream, comprising audiovisual information recorded by each communication device, to the computer. The computer stores each of the communication system streams in memory, and generates an outbound teleconference stream comprising at least one of the two or more communication system streams. The computer transmits the outbound teleconference stream to each of the two or more communication devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Nextiva, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomas Gorny, Jean-Baptiste Martinoli, Tracy Conrad, Lukas Gorny
  • Patent number: 11743227
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed to generate, transmit, and update communications with end user systems. Embodiments comprise an automation platform comprising a processor and memory. Embodiments generate a communication based, at least in part, on input from a rules engine and one or more communication templates. Embodiments modify the content of the generated communication, and transmit, using one or more communication channels, the modified communication to one or more end user systems. Embodiments monitor the one or more end user systems for a response communication to the transmitted communication. In response to the one or more end user systems transmitting one or more response communications using at least one of the one or more communication channels, embodiments generate and transmit an updated communication to the one or more end user systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Nextiva, Inc.
    Inventor: Tomas Gorny
  • Patent number: 11721344
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for generating a teleconference space for two or more communication devices using a computer coupled with a database and comprising a processor and memory. The computer generates a teleconference space and transmits requests to join the teleconference space to the two or more communication devices. The computer stores in memory identification information, and audiovisual data associated with one or more users, for each of the two or more communication devices. The computer stores audio transcription data, transmitted to the computer by each of the two or more communication devices and associated with one or more communication device users, in the computer memory. The computer merges the audio transcription data from each of the two or more communication devices into a master audio transcript, and transmits the master audio transcript to each of the two or more communication devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Nextiva, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomas Gorny, Jean-Baptiste Martinoli, Tracy Conrad, Lukas Gorny
  • Patent number: 11716295
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed to generate, transmit, and automate communications with end user systems. Embodiments comprise an automation platform comprising a processor and memory. Embodiments generate a communication based, at least in part, on input from a rules engine and one or more communication templates. Embodiments modify the content of the generated communication and revise the one or more communication templates to include the modifications made to the communication content. Embodiments transmit, using one or more communication channels, the modified communication to one or more end user systems, and automate the generation and transmission of one or more subsequent communications to the one or more end user systems based, at least in part, on the revised one or more communication templates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Nextiva, Inc.
    Inventor: Tomas Gorny
  • Patent number: 11676093
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for assigning a ticket including one or more databases that store data describing electronic communication between one or more customer system communication devices and one or more service center communication devices. Embodiments further include a computer coupled with one or more databases and configured to monitor communication activity to determine whether a communication channel is opened between one or more customer system communication devices and one or more service center communication devices, responsive to a ticket being opened between one or more customer system communication devices and one or more service center communication devices, analyze the ticket for at least one topic and customer data, search the one or more databases for missing customer data, and in response to detecting missing customer data, identify one or more relationship models that predicts a value for the missing customer data based on known customer data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Nextiva, Inc.
    Inventor: Tomas Gorny
  • Patent number: 11663606
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed and include databases that store data describing electronic communication between one or more user devices and one or more company devices and a computer. The computer displays a graphical user interface for monitoring communication activity of one or more one or more user devices and one or more company devices, to one or more company devices and monitors communication activity over one or more communication channels. The computer also records and stores the communication activity in the databases. The computer further displays a list of rules, the list of rules comprising triggers, conditions and actions for each of the one or more rules and a flow of each rule associated with the company of the one or more company devices and executes one or more actions responsive to one or more triggers, conditions or actions of each of the one or more rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Nextiva, Inc.
    Inventor: Tomas Gorny
  • Patent number: 11647157
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for generating a teleconference space for two or more initial communication devices using a computer coupled with a database and comprising a processor and memory. The computer generates a teleconference space and transmits requests to join the teleconference space to the two or more initial communication devices. The computer stores in memory identification information, and audiovisual data associated with one or more users, for each of the two or more initial communication devices. The computer transmits audiovisual teleconference data to each of the two or more initial communication devices. The computer transmits a request to join the teleconference space to a third communication device, stores identification information and audiovisual data from the third communication device, and transmits audiovisual teleconference data that includes audiovisual data from the third communication device to each of the three or more communication devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Nextiva, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomas Gorny, Jean-Baptiste Martinoli, Tracy Conrad, Lukas Gorny
  • Patent number: 11574638
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for generating a teleconference space for two or more communication devices using a computer coupled with a database and comprising a processor and memory. The computer generates a teleconference space and transmits requests to join the teleconference space to the two or more communication devices. The computer stores in memory identification information, and audiovisual data associated with one or more users, for each of the two or more communication devices. The computer stores audio transcription data, transmitted to the computer by each of the two or more communication devices and associated with one or more communication device users, in the computer memory. The computer merges the audio transcription data from each of the two or more communication devices into a master audio transcript, and transmits the master audio transcript to each of the two or more communication devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Nextiva, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomas Gorny, Jean-Baptiste Martinoli, Tracy Conrad, Lukas Gorny
  • Patent number: 11551009
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for scoring sentiments of communication activity and includes one or more databases that stores data describing electronic communication between one or more customer devices and one or more service center devices and a computer. The computer is configured to monitor communication activity of the one or more customer devices and the one or more service center devices to determine whether a communication channel has been opened between the one or more customer devices and the one or more service center devices and identify one or more communication activities associated with the electronic communications. The computer is further configured to compare the identified one or more communication activities with one or more predetermined communication data, determine a sentiment score based on one or more correlations between the identified one or more communication activities and the communication data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Nextiva, Inc.
    Inventor: Tomas Gorny
  • Patent number: 11496331
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for generating a chat space for two or more communication devices using a computer coupled with a database and comprising a processor and memory. The computer generates a chat space and transmits requests to join the chat space to the two or more communication devices. The computer stores in memory identification information for each of the two or more communication devices and one or more public chat messages transmitted between the two or more communication devices. The computer monitors for one or more requests, transmitted from one of the two or more communication devices to the computer, to generate a private thread. In response to one or more requests, the computer generates a private thread, and stores in the computer memory one or more private thread messages transmitted between two or more communication devices in the private thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Nextiva, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomas Gorny, Jean-Baptiste Martinoli, Tracy Conrad, Lukas Gorny
  • Patent number: 11463579
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for capturing, tracking, analyzing and automating analog and digital interactions. Embodiments include a system comprising one or more end user systems, one or more entity systems, and a computer operatively coupled to a display device. The computer is configured to monitor one or more communications on first and second communication channels between the end user and entity systems, group the one or more communications on the first and second communication channels by communication subject, and display the grouped communications on the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Nextiva, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomas Gorny, Raymond Allan Harker
  • Patent number: 11456981
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for generating a presentation space for two or more communication devices using a computer coupled with a database and comprising a processor and memory. The computer generates a presentation space and transmits requests to join the presentation space to the two or more communication devices. The computer stores in memory identification information for each of the two or more communication devices. The computer transmits the presentation space to the two or more communication devices and detects chat messages transmitted between the two or more communication devices. The computer also detects screenshot capture commands transmitted by one of the two or more communication devices to the computer. The computer records one or more screenshots in response to the screenshot capture commands and displays one or more screenshots in the presentation space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Nextiva, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomas Gorny, Jean-Baptiste Martinoli, Tracy Conrad, Lukas Gorny
  • Patent number: 11423410
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for scoring an interaction over one or more channels by an end user and an entity by monitoring the communications over the channels and assigning penalties and scores based on topics associated with the communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Nextiva, Inc.
    Inventor: Tomas Gorny
  • Patent number: 11348368
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for generating a teleconference space for two or more communication devices using a computer coupled with a database and comprising a processor and memory. The computer generates a teleconference space and transmits requests to join the teleconference space to the two or more communication devices. The computer stores in memory identification information for each of the two or more communication devices. Each of the two or more communication devices stores audiovisual data pertaining to one or more users associated with each of the two or more communication devices. Each communication device converts the audiovisual data into facial expressions data, generates emotions data from the facial expressions data, generates attention data from the emotions data, and transmits the attention data from the communication device to the computer. The computer displays the attention data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Nextiva, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomas Gorny, Jean-Baptiste Martinoli, Tracy Conrad, Lukas Gorny
  • Patent number: 11328730
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for generating a teleconference space for two or more communication devices using a computer coupled with a database and comprising a processor and memory. The computer generates a teleconference space and transmits requests to join the teleconference space to the two or more communication devices. The computer stores in memory identification information, and audiovisual data associated with one or more users, for each of the two or more communication devices. The computer stores audio transcription data, transmitted to the computer by each of the two or more communication devices and associated with one or more communication device users, in the computer memory. The computer merges the audio transcription data from each of the two or more communication devices into a master audio transcript, and transmits the master audio transcript to each of the two or more communication devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Nextiva, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomas Gorny, Jean-Baptiste Martinoli, Tracy Conrad, Lukas Gorny
  • Patent number: 11258906
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for recommending a resource to a customer service representative that includes one or more databases that store data describing electronic communication between one or more customer system communication devices and one or more service center communication devices. Embodiments further include a computer coupled with one or more databases and configured to monitor communication activity to determine whether a customer service ticket has been opened between one or more customer system communication devices and one or more service center communication devices and determine a customer service representative score based on one or more customer service representative ranking factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Nextiva, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomas Gorny, Dallas Barabasz-Lynn