# US 10,771,473 B2 · Meeting join for meeting device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,771,473 B2 - Document ID: US10771473B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/959,818 - Filed: 2018-04-23 - Published: 2018-08-23 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2015-03-13 - Assignees: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC - Applicants: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC - Inventors: Chaim Fried; Anton W. Krantz - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10771473B2 ## CPC - H04L 63/107: {wherein the security policies are location-dependent, e.g. entities privileges depend on current location or allowing specific operations only from locally connected terminals} - G06Q 10/10: Office automation; Time management - G06Q 10/1093: Calendar-based scheduling for persons or groups - H04L 63/08: {for authentication of entities (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32)} - H04L 63/10: {for controlling access to devices or network resources} - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for providing a meeting service for an online meeting, the method 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; and 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises: receiving a secret from the first participant computing device, the secret provided by the second participant computing device to the first participant computing device during establishment of the locational proximity; validating that the secret is correct using a database lookup; and responsive to validating that the secret is correct, transmitting the secret to the second participant computing device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the secret is a PIN. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the secret is a token. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the second participant computing device is admitted with a same role as the first participant computing device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the role is a presenter role, the presenter role not given to at least one participant of the online meeting. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein admitting the second participant computing device to the online meeting comprises admitting the second participant computing device by allowing the second participant computing device to bypass a staging area associated with the online meeting. ### Claim 8 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; and 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. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The computing device of claim 8, wherein the device further comprises: means for receiving a secret from the first participant computing device, the secret provided by the second participant computing device to the first participant computing device during establishment of the locational proximity; means for validating that the secret is correct using a database lookup; and responsive to validating that the secret is correct, means for transmitting the secret to the second participant computing device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The computing device of claim 9, wherein the secret is a PIN. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The computing device of claim 9, wherein the secret is a token. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The computing device of claim 8, wherein the second participant computing device is admitted with a same role as the first participant computing device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The computing device of claim 8, wherein the role is a presenter role, the presenter role not given to at least one participant of the online meeting. ### Claim 14 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; and 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. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The computing device of claim 14, wherein the operations further comprise: receiving a secret from the first participant computing device, the secret provided by the second participant computing device to the first participant computing device during establishment of the locational proximity; validating that the secret is correct using a database lookup; and responsive to validating that the secret is correct, transmitting the secret to the second participant computing device. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The computing device of claim 15, wherein the secret is a PIN. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The computing device of claim 15, wherein the secret is a token. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The computing device of claim 14, wherein the second participant computing device is admitted with a same role as the first participant computing device. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The computing device of claim 14, wherein the role is a presenter role, the presenter role not given to at least one participant of the online meeting. ### Claim 20 (depends on 14) The computing device of claim 14, wherein the operations of admitting the second participant computing device to the online meeting comprises admitting the second participant computing device by allowing the second participant computing device to bypass a staging area associated with the online meeting.