Patent ID: 9049299
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method of managing an online meeting, the method comprising: providing, by electronic circuitry, an audio output signal to a first client device currently participating in the online meeting, the audio output signal directing the first client device to play a particular sound; receiving, by the electronic circuitry, an audio input signal from a second client device, the audio input signal including the particular sound; and identifying, by the electronic circuitry, the second client device as being co-located with the first client device in response to the audio input signal which includes the particular sound; wherein a first audio input signal, from a first candidate device, includes the particular sound at a first volume level; wherein a second audio input signal, from a second candidate device, includes the particular sound at a second volume level; and wherein identifying the second client device includes selecting, as the second client device, one of the first and second candidate devices based on the first and second volume levels.