MEETING BASED CREDENTIAL PROVISIONING
Meeting based credential provisioning including gathering meeting data regarding a meeting. A plurality of meeting attendees of the meeting is determined from the meeting data. Meeting attendees of the plurality of meeting attendees to distribute credentials to for accessing a wireless network as part of the meeting are verified. A credential list indicating the meeting attendees to distribute the credentials to for accessing a wireless network as part of the meeting is created and submitted. The credentials are distributed to the meeting attendees using the credential list based on submission of the credential list.
1 . A method comprising:
gathering meeting data regarding a meeting;
determining a plurality of meeting attendees of the meeting from the meeting data;
verifying meeting attendees of the plurality of meeting attendees to which to distribute credentials for accessing a wireless network as part of the meeting;
creating a credential list indicating the meeting attendees to which to distribute the credentials for accessing a wireless network as part of the meeting;
submitting the credential list;
distributing the credentials to the meeting attendees using the credential list.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the meeting data is gathered through an email account of a meeting organizer.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the credential list includes contact information of the meeting attendees.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the credential list is submitted at a specific time before the meeting begins.
5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining if at least one meeting attendee of the meeting attendees already has a valid credential from a credential record;
if it is determined that the at least one meeting attendee of the meeting attendees already has the valid credential, refraining from distributing a credential to the at least one meeting attendee.
6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising updating a credential record based on distribution of the credentials to the meeting attendees, the credential record including a time when the credentials were distributed to the meeting attendees, an identification of the meeting attendees, and a validity length of the credentials.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein verifying the meeting attendees of the plurality of meeting attendees further comprises querying a meeting organizer with links that when activated generate input indicating to deny distribution of credentials to specific meeting attendees of the meeting attendees.
8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining validity length of the credentials distributed to the meeting attendees, the validity length determined based on a length of time of the meeting.
9 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining validity length of the credentials distributed to the meeting attendees, the validity length determined based on input from a meeting organizer.
10 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
querying a meeting organizer as to whether to redistribute the credentials to specific meeting attendees of the meeting attendees;
redistributing the credentials to the specific meeting attendees if the meeting organizer indicates to redistribute the credentials.
11 . A system comprising:
a meeting communication engine configured to gather meeting data regarding a meeting;
a meeting management engine configured to:
determine a plurality of meeting attendees of the meeting from the meeting data;
verify meeting attendees of the plurality of meeting attendees to which to distribute credentials for accessing a wireless network as part of the meeting;
a credential list management engine configured to:
create a credential list indicating the meeting attendees to which to distribute the credentials for accessing a wireless network as part of the meeting;
submit the credential list;
a credential communication engine configured to distribute the credentials to the meeting attendees using the credential list submitted by the credential list management engine.
12 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the meeting data is gathered by the meeting communication engine through an email account of a meeting organizer.
13 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the credential list includes contact information of the meeting attendees.
14 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the credential list management engine is further configured to submit the credential list at a specific time before the meeting begins.
15 . The system of claim 11 , further comprising a credential management engine configured to:
determine if at least one meeting attendee of the meeting attendees already has a valid credential from a credential record;
send instructions to the credential communication engine to refrain from distributing a credential to the at least one meeting attendee if it is determined that the at least one meeting attendee of the meeting attendees already has the valid credential.
16 . The system of claim 11 , further comprising a credential record management engine configured to update a credential record based on distribution of the credentials to the meeting attendees, the credential record including a time when the credentials were distributed to the meeting attendees, an identification of the meeting attendees, and a validity length of the credentials.
17 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the meeting management engine is further configured to query a meeting organizer with links that when activated generate input indicating to deny distribution of credentials to specific meeting attendees of the meeting attendees.
18 . The system of claim 11 , further comprising a credential management engine configured to determine validity length of the credentials distributed to the meeting attendees, the validity length determined based on a length of time of the meeting.
19 . The system of claim 11 , further comprising a credential management engine configured to determine validity length of the credentials distributed to the meeting attendees, the validity length determined based on input from a meeting organizer.
20 . A system comprising:
means for gathering meeting data regarding a meeting;
means for determining a plurality of meeting attendees of the meeting from the meeting data;
means for verifying meeting attendees of the plurality of meeting attendees to which to distribute credentials for accessing a wireless network as part of the meeting;
means for creating a credential list indicating the meeting attendees to which to distribute the credentials for accessing a wireless network as part of the meeting;
means for submitting the credential list;
means for distributing the credentials to the meeting attendees using the credential list.