Secure online conferencing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11960559-B2
Application number	US-202117536593-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 29, 2021
Priority date	Nov 29, 2021
Publication date	Apr 16, 2024
Grant date	Apr 16, 2024

Abstract

An example methodology implementing the disclosed techniques includes receiving an online meeting Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for an online meeting that is being scheduled. The method also includes determining whether the online meeting is a secure online meeting. The method also includes, responsive to a determination that the online meeting is a secure online meeting, generating a personalized online meeting URL for each meeting participant that is invited to the secure online meeting, the personalized online meeting URL being based on the online meeting URL. The method further includes encrypting the generated personalized online meeting URLs and sending to each meeting participant that is invited an invitation to the secure online meeting. The invitation sent to each invited meeting participant includes an encrypted personalized online meeting URL that is generated for that invited meeting participant.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer implemented method comprising:
receiving an online meeting Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for an online meeting that is being scheduled;
determining whether the online meeting is a secure online meeting; and
responsive to a determination that the online meeting is a secure online meeting:
generating a personalized online meeting URL for each meeting participant that is invited to the secure online meeting, the personalized online meeting URL being based on the online meeting URL;
encrypting the generated personalized online meeting URLs; and
sending to each meeting participant that is invited an invitation to the secure online meeting, the invitation to each invited meeting participant including an encrypted personalized online meeting URL that is generated for that invited meeting participant; and
responsive to a determination of an opening of one of the sent invitations, disabling one or more functions within the opened invitation to prevent sending of the invitation to an uninvited user.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating a personalized online meeting URL for each meeting participant that is invited comprises appending a query string to the online meeting URL, the query string being specific to each meeting participant.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the query string is used to validate a meeting participant requesting to join the secure online meeting.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the query string specific to the invited meeting participant is an email address associated with the invited meeting participant.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the query string specific to the invited meeting participant is a user identifier associated with the invited meeting participant.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the encrypted personalized online meeting URL is included in the invitation as a descriptive link.

7. A system comprising:
one or more non-transitory machine-readable mediums configured to store instructions; and
one or more processors configured to execute the instructions stored on the one or more non-transitory machine-readable mediums, wherein execution of the instructions causes the one or more processors to:
receive an online meeting Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for an online meeting that is being scheduled;
determine whether the online meeting is a secure online meeting; and
responsive to a determination that the online meeting is a secure online meeting:
generate a personalized online meeting URL for each meeting participant that is invited to the secure online meeting, the personalized online meeting URL being based on the online meeting URL;
encrypt the generated personalized online meeting URLs;
send to each meeting participant that is invited an invitation to the secure online meeting, the invitation to each invited meeting participant including an encrypted personalized online meeting URL that is generated for that invited meeting participant; and

responsive to a determination of an opening of one of the sent invitations, disabling one or more functions within the opened invitation to prevent sending of the invitation to an uninvited user.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein to generate a personalized online meeting URL for each meeting participant that is invited comprises to append a query string to the online meeting URL, the query string being specific to each meeting participant.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the query string is used to validate a meeting participant requesting to join the secure online meeting.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the query string specific to the invited meeting participant is an email address associated with the invited meeting participant.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the query string specific to the invited meeting participant is a user identifier associated with the invited meeting participant.

12. The system of claim 7 , wherein the encrypted personalized online meeting URL is included in the invitation as a descriptive link.

13. A computer implemented method comprising:
responsive to an activation of a meeting link by a user, the meeting link is for a secure online meeting:
determining an encrypted personalized online meeting Uniform Resource Locator (URL) associated with the meeting link;
decrypting the encrypted personalized online meeting URL to determine a personalized online meeting URL, the personalized online meeting URL having a query string;
validating the user based on the query string; and
responsive to validation of the user, allowing the user to join the secure online meeting;

receiving an invitation including the meeting link; and
responsive to a determination of an opening of an invitation, disabling one or more functions within the opened invitation to prevent sending of the invitation to an uninvited user.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
responsive to not validating the user, not allowing the user to join the secure online meeting.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the query string is an email address associated with the user.

16. The method of claim 13 , wherein the query string is a user identifier associated with the user.

17. The method of claim 13 , wherein the meeting link is a descriptive link associated with the encrypted personalized online meeting URL.

18. The method of claim 13 , wherein the disabling of the one or more functions within the opened invitation includes disabling a cut/copy/paste function within the opened invitation.

19. The method of claim 13 , wherein the disabling of the one or more functions within the opened invitation includes disabling a print screen function while the invitation is open or disabling a print function within the opened invitation.

20. The method of claim 13 , wherein the disabling of the one or more functions within the opened invitation includes disabling a forwarding function within the opened invitation.

Assignees

• Dell Products Lp

Inventors

• Panikkar Shibi
• Gosain Rohit
• Basu Rangan

Classifications

• G06F16/9566 Primary

  URL specific, e.g. using aliases, detecting broken or misspelled links · CPC title

• H04L12/1818

  Conference organisation arrangements, e.g. handling schedules, setting up parameters needed by nodes to attend a conference, booking network resources, notifying involved parties · CPC title

• H04L63/0428 Primary

  wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload · CPC title

• H04L63/168

  above the transport layer · CPC title