Patent ID: 8578448
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of managing users in web meetings, wherein a user must follow a meeting invite URL to join the web meeting, comprising: providing, by program instructions executing in a hardware element, each user that is a registered user with a first type of meeting invite URL; providing, by program instructions executing in a hardware element, each user that is a guest user with a second type of meeting invite URL that is distinct from the first type of meeting invite URL, the second type of meeting invite URL including a value uniquely associated with the guest user; responsive to receipt of an indication that a registered user has selected the first type of meeting invite URL to join the web meeting, joining the registered user to the web meeting if the registered user is authenticated; and responsive to receipt of an indication that a guest user has selected the second type of meeting invite URL provided to the guest user, joining the guest user to the web meeting.