Patent ID: 11870942
Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
receiving an audio sample associated with on-going conference comprising plurality of users;
determining that a first device, associated with a first user and not currently joined to the on-going conference, should be joined to the on-going conference by:
determining that the first user associated with the first device has been invited to join the on-going conference and that the first device is within a threshold distance of a second device associated with at least one user of the plurality of users in the on-going conference;
receiving an ambient sound sample captured by a microphone of the first device; and
in response to determining that the audio sample matches the ambient sound sample, determining that the first device associated with the first user should be joined to the on-going conference; and

joining the first device associated with the first user to the on-going conference.