Patent ID: 9544541
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04M,H04N

Claim:
1. A method implemented at a first device for conferencing the first device and a second device in a near-end environment with a far-end, comprising: connecting the first device in the near-end environment to the far-end with a far-end connection; outputting connection information in an imperceptible acoustic beacon in the near-end environment with the first device; connecting the first device via a near-end connection with the second device in the near-end environment by receiving a response at the first device from the second device via the near-end connection, the response being based on the second device using the output connection information and requesting connection of the second device with the first device; obtaining, at the first device via the near-end connection, a control from the second device; and operating a function of the first device in response to the control.