Location-Based Control For Conferencing Systems

A videoconferencing system comprising:

• multiple wireless beacons each including a unique universal identifier (UUID) corresponding to a different one of multiple videoconferencing rooms;
• a server configured to store information associated with the multiple videoconferencing rooms, each of the multiple videoconferencing rooms including a videoconferencing codec and a system controller;
• and
• a mobile computing device configured to:
• identify the UUID of one of the multiple wireless beacons;
• exchange data with the server to determine which one of the multiple videoconferencing rooms corresponds to the one of the multiple wireless beacons having the identified UUID;
• and
• in response to determining which one of the multiple videoconferencing rooms corresponds to the one of the multiple wireless beacons having the identified UUID, transmit one or more commands to the system controller located in the determined one of the multiple videoconferencing rooms to establish or control a videoconference via the videoconferencing codec located in the determined one of the multiple videoconferencing rooms.

A videoconferencing system comprising:

• a server configured to store multiple global positioning system (GPS) locations each corresponding to a location of a different one of multiple videoconferencing rooms, each of the multiple videoconferencing rooms including a videoconferencing codec and a system controller;
• and
• a mobile computing device configured to:
• obtain a GPS location of the mobile computing device;
• exchange data with the server to determine which one of the multiple videoconferencing rooms corresponds to the obtained GPS location of the mobile computing device;
• and
• in response to determining which one of the multiple videoconferencing rooms corresponds to the obtained GPS location of the mobile computing device, transmit one or more commands to the system controller located in the determined one of the multiple videoconferencing rooms to establish or control a videoconference via the videoconferencing codec located in the determined one of the multiple videoconferencing rooms.

A videoconferencing system comprising:

• multiple wireless access points;
• a server configured to store information associated with multiple videoconferencing rooms, each of the multiple videoconferencing rooms including a videoconferencing codec and a system controller, and each of the multiple videoconferencing rooms associated with a defined wireless signal strength signature corresponding to received signal strengths from one or more of the multiple wireless access points at a location of the videoconferencing room;
• and
• a mobile computing device configured to:
• obtain a received signal strength for one or more of the wireless access points;
• exchange data with the server to determine whether one of the multiple videoconferencing rooms is within a defined proximity of the mobile computing device by identifying the videoconferencing room having the defined wireless signal strength signature corresponding to the received signal strength(s) obtained by the mobile computing device;
• and
• in response to determining one of the multiple videoconferencing rooms corresponds to the received signal strength(s) obtained by the mobile computing device, transmit one or more commands to the system controller located in the determined one of the multiple videoconferencing rooms to establish or control a videoconference via the videoconferencing codec located in the determined one of the multiple videoconferencing rooms.