Communication bridging in a remote office environment

A system comprising:

• a data communications server comprising processing circuitry configured for facilitating communication between a first group of user-endpoint devices residing in a first collaborative virtual space that uses a first communications format corresponding to a first API communication protocol and a second group of user-endpoint devices residing in a second collaborative virtual space that uses a second communications format corresponding to a second API communication protocol incompatible with the first API communication protocol, wherein the first API communication protocol is associated with one of an audio/video conference and a chat session, and the second API communication protocol is associated with the other of the audio/video conference and the chat session, the processing circuitry configured for facilitating communication between the first group of user-endpoint devices and the second group of user-endpoint devices by:
• authenticating users of the first group of user-endpoint devices and users of the second group of user-endpoint devices;
• forming a communication bridge between the first group of user-endpoint devices and the second group of user-endpoint devices responsive to the authentication of the users;
• and
• establishing, via the communication bridge, a communication session that enables the first group of user-endpoint devices, while in the first collaborative virtual space, and the second group of user-endpoint devices, while in the second collaborative virtual space, to collaborative with each other;
• wherein the processing circuitry is configured for facilitating communication between the first group of user-endpoint devices and the second group of user-endpoint devices by, via the communication bridge, receiving a communication sent from one of the first group of user-endpoint devices residing in the first virtual space in accordance with the first communication protocol, translating, the communication into a translated communication compatible with the second communication protocol, and relaying the translated communication to the second group of user-endpoint devices residing in the second virtual space.

A computer-readable device storing computer instructions which, in response to being executed by a processing computer circuit which is part of a data communications server, causes a set of steps to be performed, the set of steps comprising:

• sharing a uniform resource locator (URL) between a first group of user-endpoint devices and a second group of user-endpoint devices;
• forming, via a data communications server, a communication bridge between a first group of user-endpoint devices residing in a first collaborative virtual space that uses a first communications format corresponding to a first API communication protocol and a second group of user-endpoint devices residing in a second collaborative virtual space that uses a second communications format corresponding to a second API communication protocol incompatible with the first API communication protocol, wherein formation of the communication bridge between the first group of user-endpoint devices and the second group of user-endpoint devices is facilitated by the shared URL, and wherein the first API communication protocol is associated with one of an audio/video conference and a chat session, and the second API communication protocol is associated with the other of the audio/video conference and the chat session;
• and
• establishing, via the communication bridge, a communication session that enables the first group of user-endpoint devices, while in the first collaborative virtual space, and the second group of user-endpoint devices, while in the second collaborative virtual space, to collaborative with each other;
• wherein the processing circuitry is configured for facilitating communication between the first group of user-endpoint devices and the second group of user-endpoint devices by, via the communication bridge, receiving a communication sent from one of the first group of user-endpoint devices residing in the first virtual space in accordance with the first communication protocol, translating, the communication into a translated communication compatible with the second communication protocol, and relaying the translated communication to the second group of user-endpoint devices residing in the second virtual space.