Participant authentication and authorization for joining private conference event via conference event environment system

Abstract

Concepts and technologies are described herein for a mechanism by which participants who have been invited to attend a conference event and who are physically present within a conference event environment, such as a meeting room, can provide authentication credentials to join the conference event via a conference event environment system. When an individual attempts to join a conference event via a conference event environment system, the individual is prompted to provide his or her authentication credentials to join the conference event via the conference event environment system to participate in the conference event. The conference event environment system may inherit the individual's permissions, such as in regards to whether or not the individual has been permitted to present content during the conference event. A conference event roster may be used to indicate that the individual has joined the conference via the conference event environment system.

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Background technique [0001] Web-based conferencing services allow sharing of conference events such as meetings, training events, reports, presentations, etc. among local and remote participants. Conference events are sometimes accessible via meeting rooms equipped with systems for facilitating these conference services. In some instances, meeting rooms are made publicly accessible or otherwise accessible to multiple individuals, such as company employees, without constraints. In these instances, there is a potential that someone who was not invited to the meeting event could join the meeting event via the in-room conferencing system. Also, in some cases, only selected participants are allowed to present content during the conference event. However, publicly accessible in-room conferencing systems cannot distinguish between participants with host permissions, participants without host permissions, and other individuals who have not been invited to the conference event. Thus...

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However, publicly accessible in-room conferencing systems cannot distinguish between participants with host permissions, participants without host permissions, and other individuals who have not been invited to the conference event

Therefore, remote participants and meeting event organizers (who may or may not be attending the meeting event) cannot be confident that the participants in the meeting room are the ones invited to the meeting event

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