Patent ID: 9609066
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: G06Q,H04B,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. An apparatus comprising: one or more computer readable storage media; and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media and comprising a service client for facilitating online meetings that, when executed by a processing system, direct the processing system to at least: detect an in-room discovery signal that comprises a wireless radio frequency signal; identify a room associated with a room identifier from the in-room discovery signal; detect a proximity signal that comprises a proximity code associated with the room, wherein the proximity signal comprises one of a modulated light signal, an audible sound, an inaudible sound, and ambient noise associated with the room; communicate the room identifier and the proximity code to a conference service, and receive in a reply a service identifier associated with an in-room service client; query the in-room service client using the service identifier; receive a session identifier from the in-room service client; and join an online session using the session identifier.