Initiating a conferencing meeting using a conference room device

Abstract

The disclosed technology addresses the need in the art for a conference room device configured to aid the initiation, organization, and management of a conference meeting. A conference room device is configured to determine that a user is within a threshold distance of a conference room device and that the user is associated with a conference meeting at a current time. The conference room device is further configured to prompt the user to start the conference meeting, receive a confirmation from the user; and start the conference meeting.

1 . A computer-implemented method comprising:
 transmitting, by a conference room device, an ultrasonic token, wherein the ultrasonic token is a sound wave;   receiving, from a user device, a response to the ultrasonic token;   determining the conference room device is within range of the user device based on the response;   accessing a service to configure a conference meeting associated with the user device;   transmitting a request to the user device to prompt a user to start the conference meeting on the conference room device;   receiving a confirmation response from the user device; and   starting the conference meeting on the conference room device based on the confirmation response.   
     
     
         2 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein the conference meeting is in a calendar associated with the user of the user device, and the user is listed as a participant of the conference meeting. 
     
     
         3 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 2 , wherein the service is a scheduling service, and configuring the conference meeting comprises identifying an entry for the conference meeting in the calendar. 
     
     
         4 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein the ultrasonic token is encoded with a current time. 
     
     
         5 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein the request is an audible prompt. 
     
     
         6 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein the confirmation response is a verbal confirmation from the user. 
     
     
         7 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein the confirmation response is received from a collaboration application on the user device. 
     
     
         8 . A computing system comprising:
 one or more processors; and   at least one computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing system to:
 transmit, by a conference room device, an ultrasonic token, wherein the ultrasonic token is a sound wave; 
 receive, from a user device, a response to the ultrasonic token; 
 determine the conference room device is within range of the user device based on the response; 
 access a service to configure a conference meeting associated with the user device; 
 transmit a request to the user device to prompt a user to start the conference meeting on the conference room device; 
 receive a confirmation response from the user device; and 
 start the conference meeting on the conference room device based on the confirmation response. 
   
     
     
         9 . The computing system of  claim 8 , wherein the conference meeting is in a calendar associated with the user of the user device, and the user is listed as a participant of the conference meeting. 
     
     
         10 . The computing system of  claim 9 , wherein the service is a scheduling service, and configuring the conference meeting comprises identifying an entry for the conference meeting in the calendar. 
     
     
         11 . The computing system of  claim 8 , wherein the ultrasonic token is encoded with a current time. 
     
     
         12 . The computing system of  claim 8 , wherein the request is an audible prompt. 
     
     
         13 . The computing system of  claim 8 , wherein the confirmation response is a verbal confirmation from the user. 
     
     
         14 . The computing system of  claim 8 , wherein the confirmation response is received from a collaboration application on the user device. 
     
     
         15 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by one or more processors of a computing system, cause the computing system to:
 transmit, by a conference room device, an ultrasonic token, wherein the ultrasonic token is a sound wave;   receive, from a user device, a response to the ultrasonic token;   determine the conference room device is within range of the user device based on the response;   access a service to configure a conference meeting associated with the user device;   transmit a request to the user device to prompt a user to start the conference meeting on the conference room device;   receive a confirmation response from the user device; and   start the conference meeting on the conference room device based on the confirmation response.   
     
     
         16 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 15 , wherein the conference meeting is in a calendar associated with the user of the user device, and the user is listed as a participant of the conference meeting. 
     
     
         17 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 16 , wherein the service is a scheduling service, and configuring the conference meeting comprises identifying an entry for the conference meeting in the calendar. 
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 15 , wherein the ultrasonic token is encoded with a current time. 
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 15 , wherein the request is an audible prompt, and wherein the confirmation response is a verbal confirmation from the user. 
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 15 , wherein the confirmation response is received from a collaboration application on the user device.