Cross-Device Meeting Authentication Using Co-Presence and Mediation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users participating in real-time communication sessions with multiple computing devices often face difficulties in quickly and seamlessly authenticating their secondary devices to control shared media systems, such as displays, due to limitations in short-range wireless communication capabilities.
Innovation Solution
A technique involving a mobile computing device transmitting authentication information to a server, which then authenticates and enables a secondary computing device to join the session, allowing it to control the media system via short-range wireless communication or the Internet, leveraging co-presence in the same room.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a user attempts to authenticate a second computing device to control the media system, then the user can control the media system using multiple devices, but the authentication process becomes time-consuming and complex
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary authentication by establishing a trusted relationship between the first computing device and the media system before the second device needs to authenticate. The first device obtains authentication credentials and shares them with the second device, so when the second device connects, authentication is already prepared and can occur rapidly without time-consuming manual verification processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The first computing device acts as an intermediary that bridges the authentication gap for the second device. It receives authentication information from the media system and transmits it to the second device, enabling the second device to authenticate without directly undergoing the full authentication process with the media system, thus reducing authentication time.
2Reliability
If the media system requires authentication via short-range wireless communication, then security is improved, but devices without this capability cannot quickly join the session
Solution Approach 1:
The authentication system is designed to work with multiple communication methods. While short-range wireless communication (like Bluetooth) is used when available for secure authentication, the system also supports alternative authentication paths through the first computing device for devices that lack short-range wireless capabilities, making the system universally compatible across different device types while maintaining security through the trusted intermediary approach.
Solution Approach 2:
The first computing device serves as a mediator that enables devices without short-range wireless communication capabilities to authenticate securely. It receives and verifies authentication credentials and relays them to the second device, allowing devices with limited communication capabilities to join the session without compromising security, thus achieving both security and compatibility.
3Ease of operation
If the system allows multiple devices to join the real-time communication session, then user convenience is improved, but session management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The media system provides feedback to the first computing device when a second device attempts to join, including authentication credentials and session information. This feedback mechanism allows the system to automatically manage multiple devices by providing them with the necessary information to join, reducing the manual management burden while maintaining ease of operation for users.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service authentication where the second computing device can automatically obtain authentication credentials from the first device without requiring manual intervention from the user or complex system configuration. The devices themselves handle the authentication process through automated credential sharing, simplifying session management while allowing multiple devices to join conveniently.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables seamless and automatic cross-device authentication, allowing multiple devices to participate in real-time communication sessions without interrupting the session, by leveraging co-presence and remote server authentication.
Implementation Method 1
authentication information being indicative of the mobile computing device being in short-range wireless communication with the first computing device
Data Source
AI summary
An example method involves initializing a real-time meeting communication session, receiving information indicative of a mobile computing device of a user being present at a physical location of a first computing device, causing the mobile computing device of the user to display a first user interface (UI) element, responsive to a user selection of the first UI element, causing control of the real-time meeting communication session to be granted to the first computing device from the mobile computing device of the user, identifying a second computing device of the user, causing the second computing device of the user to display a second UI element, and allowing the user to participate in the real-time meeting communication session via the second computing device upon a user selection of the second UI element.