Meeting join for meeting device

A computing device for providing a meeting service for an online meeting, the computing device comprising:

• means for conducting an online meeting by processing audio communications between a plurality of devices including a first participant computing device;
• means for authenticating the first participant computing device to the online meeting;
• means for receiving, after authenticating with the first participant computing device and over a network from the first participant computing device that is already authenticated with the online communication session, admission information, the admission information comprising an indication that a second participant computing device has established that it is within a locational proximity with the first participant computing device;
• means for admitting, responsive to receiving the admission information, the second participant computing device to join the online meeting based upon the received indication and the previous authentication of the first participant computing device, the second participant computing device not authorized to be admitted to the online meeting prior to having first established the locational proximity with the first participant computing device;
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• responsive to admitting the second participant computing device to join the online meeting, providing audio communications of the online meeting from the plurality of devices to the second participant computing device.

A computing device for providing a meeting service for an online meeting, the computing device comprising:

• at least one hardware processor;
• a memory, comprising instructions, which when performed by the hardware processor, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:
• conducting an online meeting by processing audio communications between a plurality of devices including a first participant computing device;
• authenticating the first participant computing device to the online meeting;
• after authenticating with the first participant computing device, receiving over a network from the first participant computing device that is already authenticated with the online communication session, admission information, the admission information comprising an indication that a second participant computing device has established that it is within a locational proximity with the first participant computing device;
• responsive to receiving the admission information, admitting the second participant computing device to join the online meeting based upon the received indication and the previous authentication of the first participant computing device, the second participant computing device not authorized to be admitted to join the online meeting prior to having first established the locational proximity with the first participant computing device;
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• responsive to admitting the second participant computing device to join the online meeting, providing audio communications of the online meeting from the plurality of devices to the second participant computing device.