Patent ID: 8990329
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, using one or more computing devices, a first request from a first user to join a multi-user communication session that is associated with a social network, the first user being a member of the social network; responsive to receiving the first request, retrieving, using the one or more computing devices, an invitee list from an event in a calendar application; converting, using the one or more computing devices, the invitee list into an access control list and storing the access control list in a cache; determining, using the one or more computing devices, whether the first user is on the access control list; responsive to the first user being on the access control list, starting, using the one or more computing devices, the multi-user communication session; receiving, using the one or more computing devices, a second request from a second user to join the multi-user communication session; identifying, using the one or more computing devices, the second user as being on the access control list; adding, using the one or more computing devices, the second user to the multi-user communication session; ending, using the one or more computing devices, the multi-user communication session; and discarding the access control list.