Smart device pairing and configuration for meeting spaces
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorsAnton Krantz, William George Verthein, Srikanth Shoroff, Amey Parandekar, Mohammad N. Vakil, Steven Shaw, Nghiep Duong, Ankit Tandon
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Abstract
Pairing and configuring a computing device for use in a meeting space is provided. An appliance may communicate a broadcast to a computing device which announces the availability of a meeting space for a meeting. The computing device may establish a connection with the appliance. The computing device may then join the meeting in the meeting space.
Claims20
A method of pairing and configuring a computing device for use in a physical meeting space, comprising:
- receiving, by the computing device, a broadcast from an appliance communicating that the physical meeting space is available for a meeting, wherein the broadcast indicates that the appliance is available to establish a connection to facilitate the meeting, and wherein the broadcast is restricted to a proximate physical location of the physical meeting space;
- automatically establishing the connection between the computing device and the appliance based on the broadcast, comprising:
- identifying pairing instructions using a communication protocol;
- receiving an authentication code from the appliance;
- and
- joining the meeting in the physical meeting space by connecting to the appliance.
An apparatus comprising:
- a memory for storing computer-executable instructions;
- and
- a processor, functionally coupled to the memory, the processor being responsive to the computer-executable instructions and operative to:
- receive a broadcast from a meeting appliance communicating that a physical meeting space is available for a meeting, wherein the broadcast indicates that the meeting appliance is available to establish a connection to facilitate the meeting, and wherein the broadcast is restricted to a proximate physical location of the meeting space;
- automatically establish a connection with the meeting appliance based on the broadcast, the processor further operative to:
- identify pairing instructions using a communication protocol;
- and
- receive an authentication code from the meeting appliance;
- and
- start the meeting in the physical meeting space by connecting to the meeting appliance.
A computer-readable storage device storing computer-executable instructions which, when executed on a mobile computing device, cause the mobile computing device to perform a method of pairing and configuring the mobile computing device for use in a physical meeting space, the method comprising:
- receiving, a broadcast from a meeting appliance located in a physical meeting space communicating that the physical meeting space is available for a meeting, wherein the broadcast indicates that the meeting appliance is available to establish a connection to facilitate the meeting, and wherein the broadcast is restricted to the proximate physical location of the physical meeting space;
- utilizing pairing instructions using a communication protocol and receiving an authentication code from the meeting appliance to establish the connection with the meeting appliance based on the broadcast;
- and
- starting a meeting in the physical meeting space by connecting to the meeting appliance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.