Apparatus and method to set up a multiroom meeting

A method for setting multi online meeting with a client, a server, a first meeting control apparatus associated with a first room, and a second meeting control apparatus associated with a second room, the method comprising:

• requesting to the server to add another meeting control apparatus to the online meeting which the first meeting control apparatus joins;
• providing access information to the second meeting control apparatus to the client in response to the request from the client;
• accessing to the second meeting control apparatus based on the access information provided by the server;
• sending the meeting ID to the second meeting control apparatus so that the second meeting control apparatus can join the online meeting;
• performing a verification process to check if a person is in the second room or not, and
• joining the online meeting and sending an image captured by an image capture apparatus in the second room to the server after the verification process is passed.

An apparatus comprising:

• at least one memory storing instructions;
• and
• at least one processor that, upon execution of the instructions stored in at least the one memory, is configured to:
• receive a meeting ID for an online meeting which another apparatus joins;
• perform a verification process to check if a person is in a room or not;
• join the online meeting with the meeting ID and send an image captured by an image capture apparatus in the room to the server after the verification process is passed.