Patent ID: 11966883
Assignee: ZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method, comprising:
determining, by a conferencing server, before a conference is implemented using conferencing software and based on stored data associated with two or more users associated with the conferencing software, that the two or more users are planning to access the conference from separate user devices located in separate areas of an office premises, the stored data comprising an indication that two of the separate user devices are within an audible distance of one another within the office premises, the indication being generated by detecting, within an audio signal obtained, by the conferencing server, from a first user device of the separate user devices, audio content captured, using a microphone of the first user device, from a speaker of a second user device of the separate user devices;
determining, in response to the indication that the two of the separate user devices are within the audible distance of one another within the office premises, by accessing stored conference room scheduling data of the office premises, that a conference room within the office premises is available for use by the two or more users at a time of the conference; and
transmitting, to each of the separate user devices, a prompt recommending that the two or more users participate in the conference using a shared device configured to access the conferencing software within the conference room.