Automatically joining devices to a video conference
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving, at a collaboration service, information regarding a first identity from a first device present in a conference room, and information regarding a second identity from a second device present in the conference room;
receiving a request to initiate a conference in the conference room from the first device;
determining that the first identity and the second identity are both supposed to be in the conference; and
automatically joining the second device to the conference without sending audio to the second device based on the determining that the first identity and the second identity are both supposed to be in the conference, the second device joined to the conference without any action taken using the second device to join the conference, the second device joined to the conference without sending the audio to the second device to avoid a feedback loop with audio equipment in the conference room.
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Abstract
The present technology allow for a user'"'"'s portable device to automatically join a videoconference without any action by a user. A collaboration service can be aware of portable devices in a conference room that is an endpoint for a video conference, and learn of identities associated with the portable devices present in the conference room. After the video conference is initiated in the conference room, all devices that are in communication with the collaboration service can also be automatically joined to the conference. Since all conference participants in the conference room have their own portable device that is joined to the conference the portable devices in the conference room act as a second screen available to the video conference. As such video from the conference can be directed to a common conference room display, while conference materials can be displayed separately on the portable devices. Additionally, each conference participant'"'"'s identity can be added to a conference participant roster automatically.
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19 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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receiving, at a collaboration service, information regarding a first identity from a first device present in a conference room, and information regarding a second identity from a second device present in the conference room; receiving a request to initiate a conference in the conference room from the first device; determining that the first identity and the second identity are both supposed to be in the conference; and automatically joining the second device to the conference without sending audio to the second device based on the determining that the first identity and the second identity are both supposed to be in the conference, the second device joined to the conference without any action taken using the second device to join the conference, the second device joined to the conference without sending the audio to the second device to avoid a feedback loop with audio equipment in the conference room. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon, the instructions effective to cause a computing system to:
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determine that a client device is paired to a conference room device that is in a conference room; receive information regarding a first identity and a client device identifier for the client device paired to the conference room device; determine that the first identity is invited to a conference taking place in the conference room; and automatically join the client device to the conference without sending audio to the client device if the first identity is invited to the conference taking place in the conference room, the client device joined to the conference without any action taken using the client device to join the conference, the client device joined to the conference without sending the audio to the client device to avoid a feedback loop with audio equipment in the conference room. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A system comprising:
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a pairing service to pair a client device to a conference room device in a conference room; a conferencing service to receive information regarding a first identity associated with the client device paired to the conference room device; and a scheduling service to determine that the first identity is invited to a conference taking place in the conference room, wherein, the conferencing service is configured to automatically join the client device to the conference room device without sending audio to the client device if the scheduling service determines that the first identity is invited to the conference taking place in the conference room, the conferencing service is configured to automatically join the client device to the conference room device without any action taken using the client device to join the conference room device, and the conferencing service is configured to automatically join the client device to the conference room device without sending audio to the client device to avoid a feedback loop with audio equipment in the conference room. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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