IP Library Granted Patent US 12,341,827
Granted Patent B2
US 12,341,827 · App. 18/608,922 · Granted Jun 24, 2025

Techniques for automatic cross-device meeting authentication

Inventors: Ronald Ho (Sunnyvale, CA); Christopher Paul David Johnson (Mountain View, CA)
Assignee: Google LLC
H04L65/1069
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Patent No.
US 12,341,827
App. No.
18/608,922
Granted
Jun 24, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Technology for automatic cross-device meeting authentication. An example method involving initializing, by a first computing device, a real-time meeting communication session, receiving information indicative of a mobile computing device of a user being in a physical presence of the first computing device, wherein the user is associated with the mobile device and a second computing device; granting control of the real-time meeting communication session to the first computing device, causing the second computing device of the user at the physical location of the first computing device to display a user interface element, which when selected allows the participation of the user in the real-time meeting communication session to continue via the second computing device of the user at the physical location of the first computing device, and allowing the user to participate in the real-time meeting communication session to the second computing device of the user at the physical location of the first computing device upon a user selection of the user interface element.

Claims (39)

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

initializing, by a first computing device, a real-time meeting communication session between a user and one or more other users, wherein a participation of the user in the real-time meeting communication session is to begin via a mobile computing device of the user;

receiving information indicative of the mobile computing device of the user being present at a physical location of the first computing device, wherein the user is associated with the mobile computing device and a second computing device;

granting control of the real-time meeting communication session to the first computing device at the physical location of the first computing device;

causing the second computing device of the user at the physical location of the first computing device to display a user interface element, which when selected allows the participation of the user in the real-time meeting communication session to continue via the second computing device of the user at the physical location of the first computing device; and

allowing the user to participate in the real-time meeting communication session via the second computing device of the user at the physical location of the first computing device upon a user selection of the user interface element.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from the second computing device, an input corresponding to the selection by the user of the user interface element.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the first computing device is a media system coupled to a non-smart display.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the mobile computing device comprises a mobile phone and the second computing device comprises a tablet computer or a laptop computer.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the first computing device is connected to the mobile computing device via a short-range wireless communication network and is connected to a server via a computing network, and wherein the second computing device is connected to the server and lacks short-range wireless communication connection with the first computing device.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 , wherein the computing network comprises an Internet connection and the short-range wireless communication network comprises a Bluetooth connection.

7. A system comprising:

memory storing a set of instructions;

one or more processors, coupled to the memory, to perform operations comprising:

initializing a real-time meeting communication session between a user and one or more other users, wherein a participation of the user in the real-time meeting communication session is to begin via a mobile computing device of the user;

receiving information indicative of the mobile computing device of the user being present at a physical location of a first computing device, wherein the user is associated with the mobile computing device and a second computing device;

granting control of the real-time meeting communication session to the first computing device at the physical location of the first computing device;

causing the second computing device of the user at the physical location of the first computing device to display a user interface element, which when selected allows the participation of the user in the real-time meeting communication session to continue via the second computing device of the user at the physical location of the first computing device; and

allowing the user to participate in the real-time meeting communication session via the second computing device of the user at the physical location of the first computing device upon a user selection of the user interface element.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving an input corresponding to the selection by the user of the user interface element.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the first computing device is a media system coupled to a non-smart display.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein the mobile computing device comprises a mobile phone and the second computing device comprises a tablet computer or a laptop computer.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

initializing a real-time meeting communication session between a user and one or more other users, wherein a participation of the user in the real-time meeting communication session is to begin via a mobile computing device of the user;

receiving information indicative of the mobile computing device of the user being present at a physical location of a first computing device, wherein the user is associated with the mobile computing device and a second computing device;

granting control of the real-time meeting communication session to the first computing device at the physical location of the first computing device;

causing the second computing device of the user at the physical location of the first computing device to display a user interface element, which when selected allows the participation of the user in the real-time meeting communication session to continue via the second computing device of the user at the physical location of the first computing device; and

allowing the user to participate in the real-time meeting communication session via the second computing device of the user at the physical location of the first computing device upon a user selection of the user interface element.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving an input corresponding to the selection by the user of the user interface element.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the first computing device is a media system coupled to a non-smart display.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the mobile computing device is a mobile phone and the second computing device is a tablet computer or a laptop computer.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the first computing device is connected to the mobile computing device via a short-range wireless communication network and is connected to a server via a computing network, and wherein the second computing device is connected to the server and lacks short-range wireless communication connection with the first computing device.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the computing network comprises an Internet connection and the short-range wireless communication network comprises a Bluetooth connection.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the user interface element is caused to be displayed on the second computing device after granting the control to the first computing device from the mobile computing device of the user at the physical location of the first computing device.

18. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user interface element is caused to be displayed on the second computing device after granting the control to the first computing device from the mobile computing device of the user at the physical location of the first computing device.

19. The system of claim 7 , wherein the first computing device is connected to the mobile computing device via a short-range wireless communication network and is connected to a server via a computing network, and wherein the second computing device is connected to the server and lacks short-range wireless communication connection with the first computing device.

20. The system of claim 19 , wherein the computing network comprises an Internet connection and the short-range wireless communication network comprises a Bluetooth connection.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 8, 2024
From: GOOGLE INC.
To: GOOGLE LLC
Reel/Frame 067354/0946 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 1, 2024
From: HO, RONALD; JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER PAUL DAVID
To: GOOGLE INC.
Reel/Frame 067286/0946 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 18144835 · May 8, 2023
Continuation 17402891 · Aug 16, 2021
Continuation 14976298 · Dec 21, 2015
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