{"id":38477,"date":"2016-11-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newrcblog.wpengine.com\/100th-us-patent\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T06:49:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T13:49:47","slug":"100th-us-patent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/us\/en\/blog\/100th-us-patent\/","title":{"rendered":"RingCentral Achieves 100th U.S. Patent Milestone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20094 size-large\" src=\"\/us\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/100th-patent.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"479\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/office\/phone-system-features.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RingCentral<\/a>, we believe that technology innovation is creating positive change. This month marks a milestone in our efforts to create an entire culture dedicated to this entrepreneurial innovation, with our 100th patent being issued. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But we don\u2019t stop with patents. Today\u2019s digital economy requires organizations to connect more people, devices, applications, and data than ever before to drive business value. We understand that the way to address this increasingly complex challenge is to take a holistic approach by building a complete <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/us\/en\/blog\/2016\/05\/5-reasons-why-you-need-a-unified-communications-solution-for-your-business\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">unified communications<\/a> and collaboration platform that leverages the best digital technologies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What\u2019s exciting to me is that t<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">oday\u2019s incarnation of this technology is just a starting point. Going forward, there will be a lot more to unify beyond what we used to call unified communications. The way we see it, and what we strive to do, is unify workplace experiences, not just technologies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For additional information, you can view our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/whyringcentral\/company\/pressreleases\/pressreleases-2016\/ringcentral-hits-major-milestone-with-100-u-s--patents.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press announcement<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At RingCentral, we believe that technology innovation is creating positive change. This month marks a milestone in our efforts to create an entire culture dedicated to this entrepreneurial innovation, with our 100th patent being issued. \u00a0 But we don\u2019t stop with patents. 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