Simultaneous remote connection of heterogeneous conferencing systems to the same conference

A video conferencing system, comprising:

• a processor;
• a storage device communicatively coupled to the processor;
• and
• a set of instructions on the storage device that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
• accept new registration information comprising endpoint information associated with one or more endpoints of a plurality of video-conference endpoints, the endpoint information including an identifier for a listener service to use, each video-conference endpoint of the plurality associated with a traditional-hardware room system including a standalone hardware device capable of initiating calls using at least one of a SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) or H.323 protocol without requiring intervention of an external management system, or a cloud-managed room system;
• provide the endpoint information to a data store;
• accept a multi-dial request comprising a specification of the plurality of endpoints and a meeting identifier for a video conference, wherein each respective endpoint of the plurality of endpoints is associated with (1) an instance of the listener service co-located with the respective endpoint or (2) the cloud-managed endpoint service;
• for each respective endpoint of the plurality of endpoints, simultaneously provide a respective dial command comprising the meeting identifier, wherein:
• if the respective endpoint is associated with the traditional-hardware room system, the respective dial command is provided to the instance of the listener service;
• otherwise, the respective dial command is provided to the cloud-managed endpoint service;
• accept a plurality of responses corresponding to the respective dial commands;
• and
• provide a result based on the plurality of responses,
• wherein if any respective response of the plurality of responses indicates a connection failure, the result comprises information about the connection failure and the associated endpoint to the source of the multi-dial request, and wherein upon receiving a global hang up command, the orchestration server will initiate disconnection of each respective endpoint from the video conference.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

• accept new registration information comprising endpoint information associated with one or more endpoints of a plurality of video-conference endpoints, the endpoint information including an identifier for a listener service to use, each video-conference endpoint of the plurality associated with a traditional-hardware room system including a standalone hardware device capable of initiating calls using at least one of a SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) or H.323 protocol without requiring intervention of an external management system, or a cloud-managed room system;
• provide the endpoint information to a data store;
• accept a multi-dial request comprising a specification of the plurality of endpoints and a meeting identifier for a video conference, wherein each respective endpoint of the plurality of endpoints is associated with (1) an instance of the listener service co-located with the respective endpoint or (2) the cloud-managed endpoint service;
• for each respective endpoint of the plurality of endpoints, simultaneously provide a respective dial command comprising the meeting identifier, wherein:
• if the respective endpoint is associated with the traditional-hardware room system, the respective dial command is provided to the instance of the listener service;
• otherwise, the respective dial command is provided to the cloud-managed endpoint service;
• accept a plurality of responses corresponding to the respective dial commands;
• and
• provide a result based on the plurality of responses,
• wherein if any respective response of the plurality of responses indicates a connection failure, the result comprises information about the connection failure and the associated endpoint to the source of the multi-dial request, and wherein upon receiving a global hang up command, the orchestration server will initiate disconnection of each respective endpoint from the video conference.