Meeting Device Trust-Based Join Bypassing Lobby
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing online meeting technologies face challenges in allowing meeting devices to easily join online meetings and provide a seamless user experience, particularly in establishing trust and bypassing initial join processes like meeting lobbies.
Innovation Solution
An application on a first device logs into an online meeting in association with a trusted entity, establishing trust and assigning permissions to a meeting device, enabling it to join the meeting as a participant and potentially take control as a meeting organizer, thereby bypassing the initial join process and enhancing security and user experience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If meeting devices require authentication and initial join processes, then security is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary authentication by establishing trust relationships between devices before the meeting actually starts. The first device authenticates with the meeting service in advance, and this authentication result is reused when the second device joins, eliminating the need for the second device to undergo the same authentication process.
Solution Approach 2:
The first device acts as an intermediary that bridges the trust relationship between the meeting service and the second device. By establishing local trust between the first and second devices, and combining this with the first device's authentication with the meeting service, the system enables the second device to join without direct authentication.
2Reliability
If traditional meeting join processes are used, then security control is improved, but productivity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
Authentication and permission assignment are performed in advance by the first device before the second device needs to join the meeting. This preliminary action stores authentication results that can be rapidly reused, eliminating time-consuming authentication steps during actual meeting participation.
Solution Approach 2:
The second device skips the traditional authentication and initial join processes by utilizing the trust relationship established through the first device. The system allows the second device to bypass security checks that would normally be required, rushing through the join process while maintaining security through the intermediary trust relationship.
3Ease of operation
If meeting devices can bypass initial join processes, then ease of operation is improved, but reliability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The first device serves as a trusted intermediary that vouches for the second device's identity and permissions. The meeting service relies on the first device's authentication and the established local trust relationship between devices, rather than requiring direct verification of the second device, thus maintaining reliability while enabling easy access.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary authentication and permission assignment through the first device before the second device joins. This advance preparation ensures that security requirements are met through the intermediary's credentials, allowing the second device to bypass initial join processes while maintaining system reliability.
Data Source
AI summary
Various embodiments enable an application on a first device to log into an online meeting in association with a trusted entity, such as a trusted user. Once trust is established between the trusted entity and the meeting domain, such as an enterprise domain, permissions can be assigned to a meeting device, by virtue of the trust relationship with the trusted entity, to enable the meeting device to join the meeting as a participant, thus allowing the meeting device to bypass an initial join process such as a meeting lobby and the like. By virtue of the assigned permissions, the meeting device may take control of the meeting and control the experience for others in the meeting as a meeting organizer or some other permission-centric role.