Simultaneous remote connection of heterogeneous conferencing systems to the same conference

1. A method, comprising:

accepting, at an orchestration server for a video conferencing service, new registration information comprising endpoint information associated with one or more endpoints of a plurality of video-conference endpoints, the endpoint information including an identifier for a listener service to use, each video-conference endpoint of the plurality associated with a traditional-hardware room system including a standalone hardware device capable of initiating calls using at least one of a SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) or H.323 protocol without requiring intervention of an external management system, or a cloud-managed room system;

providing, by the orchestration server, the endpoint information to a data store;

accepting, at the orchestration server, a multi-dial request comprising a specification of the plurality of endpoints and a meeting identifier for a video conference, wherein each respective endpoint of the plurality of endpoints is associated with (1) an instance of the listener service co-located with the respective endpoint or (2) the cloud-managed endpoint service;

for each respective endpoint of the plurality of endpoints, simultaneously providing a respective dial command comprising the meeting identifier, wherein:

if the respective endpoint is associated with the traditional-hardware room system, the respective dial command is provided to the instance of the listener service;

otherwise, the respective dial command is provided to the cloud-managed endpoint service;

accepting, at the orchestration server, a plurality of responses corresponding to the respective dial commands; and

providing, by the orchestration server, a result based on the plurality of responses,

wherein if any respective response of the plurality of responses indicates a connection failure, the result comprises information about the connection failure and the associated endpoint to the source of the multi-dial request, and wherein upon receiving a global hang up command, the orchestration server will initiate disconnection of each respective endpoint from the video conference.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the multi-dial command is received from a requestor client device associated with a user account for the video conferencing service.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the respective dial command further comprises a passcode.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein each respective instance of the listener service is executed on a server local to the respective endpoint.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the result is provided to a client device that is the source of the multi-dial request.

6. A video conferencing system, comprising:

a processor;

a storage device communicatively coupled to the processor; and

a set of instructions on the storage device that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

accept new registration information comprising endpoint information associated with one or more endpoints of a plurality of video-conference endpoints, the endpoint information including an identifier for a listener service to use, each video-conference endpoint of the plurality associated with a traditional-hardware room system including a standalone hardware device capable of initiating calls using at least one of a SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) or H.323 protocol without requiring intervention of an external management system, or a cloud-managed room system;

provide the endpoint information to a data store;

accept a multi-dial request comprising a specification of the plurality of endpoints and a meeting identifier for a video conference, wherein each respective endpoint of the plurality of endpoints is associated with (1) an instance of the listener service co-located with the respective endpoint or (2) the cloud-managed endpoint service;

for each respective endpoint of the plurality of endpoints, simultaneously provide a respective dial command comprising the meeting identifier, wherein:

if the respective endpoint is associated with the traditional-hardware room system, the respective dial command is provided to the instance of the listener service;

otherwise, the respective dial command is provided to the cloud-managed endpoint service;

accept a plurality of responses corresponding to the respective dial commands; and

provide a result based on the plurality of responses,

wherein if any respective response of the plurality of responses indicates a connection failure, the result comprises information about the connection failure and the associated endpoint to the source of the multi-dial request, and wherein upon receiving a global hang up command, the orchestration server will initiate disconnection of each respective endpoint from the video conference.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the multi-dial command is received from a requestor client device associated with a user account for the video conferencing service.

8. The system of claim 6 , wherein the respective dial command further comprises a passcode.

9. The system of claim 6 , wherein each respective instance of the listener service is executed on a server local to the respective endpoint.

10. The system of claim 6 , wherein the result is provided to a client device that is the source of the multi-dial request.

11. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

accept new registration information comprising endpoint information associated with one or more endpoints of a plurality of video-conference endpoints, the endpoint information including an identifier for a listener service to use, each video-conference endpoint of the plurality associated with a traditional-hardware room system including a standalone hardware device capable of initiating calls using at least one of a SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) or H.323 protocol without requiring intervention of an external management system, or a cloud-managed room system;

provide the endpoint information to a data store;

accept a multi-dial request comprising a specification of the plurality of endpoints and a meeting identifier for a video conference, wherein each respective endpoint of the plurality of endpoints is associated with (1) an instance of the listener service co-located with the respective endpoint or (2) the cloud-managed endpoint service;

for each respective endpoint of the plurality of endpoints, simultaneously provide a respective dial command comprising the meeting identifier, wherein:

if the respective endpoint is associated with the traditional-hardware room system, the respective dial command is provided to the instance of the listener service;

otherwise, the respective dial command is provided to the cloud-managed endpoint service;

accept a plurality of responses corresponding to the respective dial commands; and

provide a result based on the plurality of responses,

wherein if any respective response of the plurality of responses indicates a connection failure, the result comprises information about the connection failure and the associated endpoint to the source of the multi-dial request, and wherein upon receiving a global hang up command, the orchestration server will initiate disconnection of each respective endpoint from the video conference.

12. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the multi-dial command is received from a requestor client device associated with a user account for the video conferencing service.

13. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the respective dial command further comprises a passcode.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein each respective instance of the listener service is executed on a server local to the respective endpoint.