Meeting join for meeting device
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorsChaim Fried, Anton W. Krantz
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Abstract
Various embodiments enable an application on a first device to log into an online meeting in association with a trusted entity, such as a trusted user. Once trust is established between the trusted entity and the meeting domain, such as an enterprise domain, permissions can be assigned to a meeting device, by virtue of the trust relationship with the trusted entity, to enable the meeting device to join the meeting as a participant, thus allowing the meeting device to bypass an initial join process such as a meeting lobby and the like. By virtue of the assigned permissions, the meeting device may take control of the meeting and control the experience for others in the meeting as a meeting organizer or some other permission-centric role.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- using a hardware processor of a first computing device:
- establishing a locational proximity to a second computing device, the second computing device previously authenticated to an online meeting via a meeting service over a network;
- joining the online meeting provided by a meeting service based upon the locational proximity, the first computing device not authorized to be admitted to the online meeting prior to having first established the locational proximity with the second computing device, the meeting service hosted by a server computing device, the meeting service conducting the online meeting by processing audio communications between a plurality of devices including the second computing device and the first computing device;
- responsive to joining the online meeting, receiving audio communications of the online meeting;
- receiving a command from the second computing device, the command associated with the online meeting;
- and
- executing the command received from the second computing device to control an aspect of the online meeting.
A first computing device comprising:
- a hardware processor;
- a memory comprising instructions, which when performed by the hardware processor, cause the hardware processor to perform operations comprising:
- establishing a locational proximity to a second computing device, the second computing device previously authenticated to an online meeting via a meeting service over a network;
- joining the online meeting provided by a meeting service based upon the locational proximity, the first computing device not authorized to be admitted to the online meeting prior to having first established the locational proximity with the second computing device, the meeting service hosted by a server computing device, the meeting service conducting the online meeting by processing audio communications between a plurality of devices including the second computing device and the first computing device;
- responsive to joining the online meeting, receiving audio communications of the online meeting;
- receiving a command from the second computing device, the command associated with the online meeting;
- and
- executing the command received from the second computing device to control an aspect of the online meeting.
A first computing device comprising:
- means for establishing a locational proximity to a second computing device, the second computing device previously authenticated to an online meeting via a meeting service over a network;
- means for joining the online meeting provided by a meeting service based upon the locational proximity, the first computing device not authorized to be admitted to the online meeting prior to having first established the locational proximity with the second computing device, the meeting service hosted by a server computing device, the meeting service conducting the online meeting by processing audio communications between a plurality of devices including the second computing device and the first computing device;
- means for receiving audio communications of the online meeting responsive to joining the online meeting;
- means for receiving a command from the second computing device, the command associated with the online meeting;
- and
- means for executing the command received from the second computing device to control an aspect of the online meeting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.