Enabling breakout rooms in webinars

1. A method comprising:

transmitting a message to a first client device indicating a transition to a first sub-meeting of a webinar, the first client device connected to a main meeting of the webinar and associated with a first participant;

receiving, from the first client device, a request for access information to join the first sub-meeting;

transmitting the access information for the first sub-meeting to the first client device;

receiving, from the first client device, a request to join the first sub-meeting, the request to join based on the access information for the first sub-meeting;

joining the first client device to the first sub-meeting;

receiving, from a second client device associated with a second participant, a second request for access information to loin the first sub-meeting;

authenticating the second participant based on the second request for information; and

in response to not authenticating the second participant, deriving access to the access information for the first sub-meeting to the second client device.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising authenticating the first participant based on the request for access information; and wherein transmitting the access information for the first sub-meeting to the first client device is in response to successfully authenticating the first participant.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein authenticating the first client device comprises receiving an input from a host of the webinar confirming an identity of a participant using the first client device.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein authenticating the first client device comprises presenting a video feed from the first client device to the host.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein authenticating the first client device based on the request for access information comprises:

accessing participant assignment information associated with the first sub-meeting;

determining a participant associated with the first client device; and

determining that the participant is assigned to the first sub-meeting based on the participant assignment information.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising authenticating the participant using an identity provider.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the access information comprises an identity of a video feed and an audio feed, the video and audio feeds corresponding to the first sub-meeting.

8. A system comprising:

a communications interface;

a non-transitory computer-readable medium; and

one or more processors communicatively coupled to the communications interface and the non-transitory computer-readable medium, the one or more processors configured to execute processor-executable instructions stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium to:

transmit, using the communications interface, a message to a first client device indicating a transition to a first sub-meeting of a webinar, the first client device connected to a main meeting of the webinar and associated with a first participant;

receive, from the first client device using the communications interface, a request for access information to join the first sub-meeting;

transmit, using the communications interface, the access information for the first sub-meeting to the first client device;

receive, from the first client device using the communications interface, a request to join the first sub-meeting, the request to join based on the access information for the first sub-meeting;

join the first client device to the first sub-meeting;

receive, from a second client device associated with a second participant, a request for access information to loin the first sub-meeting;

authenticate the second participant based on the request for access information; and

in response to not authenticating the second participant, deny access to the access information for the first sub-meeting to the second client device.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute further processor-executable instructions stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium to:

authenticate the first participant based on the request for access information; and

transmit the access information for the first sub-meeting to the first client device is in response to successfully authenticating the first participant.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute further processor-executable instructions stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium to authenticate the first client device based on receiving an input from a host of the webinar confirming an identity of a participant using the first client device.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute further processor-executable instructions stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium to present a video feed from the first client device to the host.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute further processor-executable instructions stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium to:

accessing participant assignment information associated with the first sub-meeting;

determining a participant associated with the first client device; and

determining that the participant is assigned to the first sub-meeting based on the participant assignment information.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute further processor-executable instructions stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium to authenticate the participant using an identity provider.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the access information comprises an identity of a video feed and an audio feed, the video and audio feeds corresponding to the first sub-meeting.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising processor-executable instructions configured to cause one or more processors to:

transmit a message to a first client device indicating a transition to a first sub-meeting of a webinar, the first client device connected to a main meeting of the webinar and associated with a first participant;

receive, from the first client device, a request for access information to join the first sub-meeting;

transmit the access information for the first sub-meeting to the first client device;

receive, from the first client device, a request to join the first sub-meeting, the request to join based on the access information for the first sub-meeting;

join the first client device to the first sub-meeting;

receive, from a second client device associated with a second participant, a request for access information to loin the first sub-meeting;

authenticate the second participant based on the request for access information; and

in response to not authenticating the second participant, deny access to the access information for the first sub-meeting to the second client device.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , further comprising processor-executable instructions configured to cause the one or more processors to:

authenticate the first participant based on the request for access information; and

transmit the access information for the first sub-meeting to the first client device is in response to successfully authenticating the first participant.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the processor-executable instructions configured to cause the one or more processors to authenticate the first client device comprise processor-executable instructions configured to cause the one or more processors to receive an input from a host of the webinar confirming an identity of a participant using the first client device.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the processor-executable instructions configured to cause the one or more processors to authenticate the first client device comprise processor-executable instructions configured to cause the one or more processors to present a video feed from the first client device to the host.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the processor-executable instructions configured to cause the one or more processors to authenticate the first client device based on the request for access information comprise processor-executable instructions configured to cause the one or more processors to:

access participant assignment information associated with the first sub-meeting;

determine a participant associated with the first client device; and

determine that the participant is assigned to the first sub-meeting based on the participant assignment information.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , further comprising processor-executable instructions configured to cause the one or more processors to authenticate the participant using an identity provider.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the access information comprises an identity of a video feed and an audio feed, the video and audio feeds corresponding to the first sub-meeting.