Patent ID: 11916983
Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 7:
8. A method for establishing an online meeting using an online meeting system, the method comprising:
receiving a request from a user to start or join the online meeting of the online meeting service;
in response to receiving the request from the user to start or join the online meeting:
displaying a pre-meeting user interface (UI) on a display device, the pre-meeting UI including a user interface control which, when activated, enables transmission of at least one of audio data and video data of the online meeting between the online meeting system and the online meeting service; and
prior to receiving an activation of the user interface control, exchanging connection parameters between the online meeting system and the online meeting service,

wherein exchanging connection parameters includes:
sending a client connection parameter to the online meeting service; and
receiving a service connection parameter from the online meeting service in response to the client connection parameter; and
in response to receiving the activation of the user interface control, enabling the transmission of the at least one of the audio data and the video data for the online meeting based on the exchanged connections parameters between the online meeting system and the online meeting service.