User-centric connections to a location comprising digital collaboration tools

A method for joining a network device having a UC client to a UC session connected to at least one BYOD having a BYOD UC client, the network device and the BYOD each comprising a beacon transmitter configured to periodically or continuously transmit a beacon signal, the beacon signal having a range, or a beacon receiver configured to receive the beacon signal within its range, so that they can exchange the beacon signal, the network device comprising an ID, a network device application (app) and the UC client, and the BYOD comprising a BYOD app and the BYOD UC client,

• the method comprising the steps of:
• bringing the BYOD and the network device within the beacon signal range so that the BYOD and the network device exchange a beacon signal comprising the network device ID, generating and registering an authentication-ID key,
• the exchanged beacon signal triggering the BYOD app and the network device app to configure a data channel between them,
• the configured data channel triggering the BYOD app to check if the BYOD UC client is connected to a UC session,
• if so, the BYOD app sending an invitation comprising the authentication-ID key to the network device app instructing the UC client to connect to the UC session,
• the network device app checking if at least one BYOD app that has a configured data channel to the network device app is also in the UC session,
• if so, the network device app accepting the invitation and instructing the network device UC client to connect to the UC session.

A processing device comprising a processing unit, an operating system, a memory, and a beacon transmitter or receiver, the memory comprising at least one pre-installed executable computer program product providing a communication protocol for communication between the processing device and a standard class of BYOD devices, the processing device being configured to

• having the BYOD and the network device exchanging a beacon signal comprising the network device ID,
• generating and registering an authentication-ID key,
• having the exchanged beacon signal triggering a BYOD app and a network device app to configure a data channel between them,
• having the configured data channel triggering the BYOD app to check if a BYOD UC client is connected to a UC session,
• if so, having the BYOD app sending an invitation comprising the authentication-ID key to the network device app instructing the UC client to connect to the UC session, having the network device app checking if at least one BYOD app that has a configured data channel to the network device app is also in the UC session,
• and if so, having the network device app accepting the invitation and instructing the network device UC client to connect to the UC session.