Techniques for automatic cross-device meeting authentication

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12341827-B2
Application number	US-202418608922-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 18, 2024
Priority date	Dec 21, 2015
Publication date	Jun 24, 2025
Grant date	Jun 24, 2025

Abstract

Technology for automatic cross-device meeting authentication. An example method involving initializing, by a first computing device, a real-time meeting communication session, receiving information indicative of a mobile computing device of a user being in a physical presence of the first computing device, wherein the user is associated with the mobile device and a second computing device; granting control of the real-time meeting communication session to the first computing device, causing the second computing device of the user at the physical location of the first computing device to display a user interface element, which when selected allows the participation of the user in the real-time meeting communication session to continue via the second computing device of the user at the physical location of the first computing device, and allowing the user to participate in the real-time meeting communication session to the second computing device of the user at the physical location of the first computing device upon a user selection of the user interface element.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
initializing, by a first computing device, a real-time meeting communication session between a user and one or more other users, wherein a participation of the user in the real-time meeting communication session is to begin via a mobile computing device of the user;
receiving information indicative of the mobile computing device of the user being present at a physical location of the first computing device, wherein the user is associated with the mobile computing device and a second computing device;
granting control of the real-time meeting communication session to the first computing device at the physical location of the first computing device;
causing the second computing device of the user at the physical location of the first computing device to display a user interface element, which when selected allows the participation of the user in the real-time meeting communication session to continue via the second computing device of the user at the physical location of the first computing device; and
allowing the user to participate in the real-time meeting communication session via the second computing device of the user at the physical location of the first computing device upon a user selection of the user interface element.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, from the second computing device, an input corresponding to the selection by the user of the user interface element.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the first computing device is a media system coupled to a non-smart display.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the mobile computing device comprises a mobile phone and the second computing device comprises a tablet computer or a laptop computer.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the first computing device is connected to the mobile computing device via a short-range wireless communication network and is connected to a server via a computing network, and wherein the second computing device is connected to the server and lacks short-range wireless communication connection with the first computing device.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 , wherein the computing network comprises an Internet connection and the short-range wireless communication network comprises a Bluetooth connection.

7. A system comprising:
memory storing a set of instructions;
one or more processors, coupled to the memory, to perform operations comprising:
initializing a real-time meeting communication session between a user and one or more other users, wherein a participation of the user in the real-time meeting communication session is to begin via a mobile computing device of the user;
receiving information indicative of the mobile computing device of the user being present at a physical location of a first computing device, wherein the user is associated with the mobile computing device and a second computing device;
granting control of the real-time meeting communication session to the first computing device at the physical location of the first computing device;
causing the second computing device of the user at the physical location of the first computing device to display a user interface element, which when selected allows the participation of the user in the real-time meeting communication session to continue via the second computing device of the user at the physical location of the first computing device; and
allowing the user to participate in the real-time meeting communication session via the second computing device of the user at the physical location of the first computing device upon a user selection of the user interface element.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving an input corresponding to the selection by the user of the user interface element.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the first computing device is a media system coupled to a non-smart display.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein the mobile computing device comprises a mobile phone and the second computing device comprises a tablet computer or a laptop computer.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
initializing a real-time meeting communication session between a user and one or more other users, wherein a participation of the user in the real-time meeting communication session is to begin via a mobile computing device of the user;
receiving information indicative of the mobile computing device of the user being present at a physical location of a first computing device, wherein the user is associated with the mobile computing device and a second computing device;
granting control of the real-time meeting communication session to the first computing device at the physical location of the first computing device;
causing the second computing device of the user at the physical location of the first computing device to display a user interface element, which when selected allows the participation of the user in the real-time meeting communication session to continue via the second computing device of the user at the physical location of the first computing device; and
allowing the user to participate in the real-time meeting communication session via the second computing device of the user at the physical location of the first computing device upon a user selection of the user interface element.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving an input corresponding to the selection by the user of the user interface element.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the first computing device is a media system coupled to a non-smart display.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the mobile computing device is a mobile phone and the second computing device is a tablet computer or a laptop computer.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the first computing device is connected to the mobile computing device via a short-range wireless communication network and is connected to a server via a computing network, and wherein the second computing device is connected to the server and lacks short-range wireless communication connection with the first computing device.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the computing network comprises an Internet connection and the short-range wireless communication network comprises a Bluetooth connection.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the user interface element is caused to be displayed on the second computing device after granting the control to the first computing device from the mobile computing device of the user at the physical location of the first computing device.

18. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user interface element is caused to be displayed on the second computing device after granting the control to the first computing device from the mobile computing device of the user at the physical location of the first computing device.

19. The system of claim 7 , wherein the first computing device is connected to the mobile computing device via a short-range wireless communication network and is connected to a server via a computing network, and wherein the second computing device is connected to the server and lacks short-r

Assignees

• Google Llc

Inventors

• Ho Ronald
• Johnson Christopher Paul David

Classifications

• H04W12/08

  Access security · CPC title

• H04L63/102

  Entity profiles · CPC title

• H04L65/403

  Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences (data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15) · CPC title

• H04L65/1069 Primary

  Session establishment or de-establishment · CPC title

• H04L65/1086 Primary

  session scope modification · CPC title