Patent ID: 8131828
Filing Date: 2012-03-06
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving a request from a client computer to join a web meeting; determining whether the client computer is within a local network which includes an on-premises-meeting exchange server; wherein the on-premises-meeting exchange server is configured to manage the web meeting which is accessible to clients at the on-premises-meeting exchange server and at an off-premises-meeting exchange server; in response to determining that the client computer is within the local network which includes the on-premises-meeting exchange server, joining the client computer to the web meeting at the on-premises-meeting exchange server when the on-premises-meeting exchange server has sufficient capacity; and in response to determining that the client computer is not within the local network which includes the on-premises-meeting exchange server, joining the client computer to the web meeting at the off-premises-meeting exchange server; wherein the off-premises-meeting exchange server is in a remote network, and the local network and the remote network represent different domains that are logically separated by one or more public internetworks; wherein the method is performed by one or more processors.