Participant identification in mixed meeting

An information handling device, comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to:
• support, using a meeting application, a mixed meeting, wherein the mixed meeting comprises two or more participants originating from at least two connection mediums and the two or more participants proximately-situated to connect to the mixed meeting from one of the at least two connection mediums, wherein each of the at least two connection mediums is utilized;
• determining the identities for each of the two or more participants, wherein the instructions executable by the processor to determine comprise instructions executable by the processor to:
• obtain, from one or more sources, an expected attendee list for the mixed meeting;
• identify a chosen connection medium utilized by one of the two or more participants, wherein the chosen connection medium is determined by the one of the two or more participants;
• employ an identity determination technique optimized for the chosen connection medium for each of the two or more participants, wherein the employing comprises cycling through one or more identity determination techniques associated with the connection medium;
• obtain, from the employing, identity data associated with each of the two or more participants connected to the meeting through a corresponding connection medium;
• compare the obtained identity data against known identity data for each expected attendee in the expected attendee list;
• and
• identify, based on the comparing, whether a match exists between the obtained identity data and the known identity data;
• and
• provide an indication of each of the determined identities to at least one of the participants.

A product, comprising:

• a storage device that stores code, the code being executable by a processor and comprising:
• code that supports, using a meeting application, a mixed meeting, wherein the mixed meeting comprises two or more participants originating from at least two connection mediums and the two or more participants proximately-situated to connect to the mixed meeting from one of the at least two connection mediums, wherein each of the at least two connection mediums is utilized;
• code that determines the identities of each of the two or more participants, wherein the code that determines comprises code that:
• obtains, from one or more sources, an expected attendee list for the mixed meeting;
• identifies a chosen connection medium utilized by one of the two or more participants, wherein the chosen connection medium is determined by the one of the two or more participants;
• employs an identity determination technique optimized for the chosen connection medium for each of the two or more participants, wherein the employing comprises cycling through one or more identity determination techniques associated with the connection medium;
• obtains, from the code that employs, identity data associated with each of the two or more participants connected to the meeting through their connection medium;
• compares the obtained identity data against known identity data for each expected attendee in the expected attendee list;
• and
• identifies, based on the code that compares, whether a match exists between the obtained identity data and the known identity data;
• and
• code that provides an indication of the determined identities to at least one of the participants.