Verifying user identities for admission to video conferences
One example method for controlling online meeting attendance includes obtaining meeting information associated with a meeting, the meeting information comprising a meeting identifier; receiving, by a video conferencing system from a client device, a request to join the meeting, the request comprising the meeting identifier; receiving a user identifier corresponding to a user; accessing a set of guest identifiers corresponding to a plurality of meeting guests invited to the meeting; determining that the user is a meeting guest of the plurality of meeting guests based on the user identifier and a correspondence to a guest identifier of the set of guest identifier, wherein the user identifier is not in the set of guest identifiers; and responsive to determining that the user is a meeting guest of the plurality of meeting guests, connecting the client device to the meeting.
1. A method comprising:
initiating, by a video conferencing system, a virtual meeting having an associated set of guest identifiers;
receiving, by the video conferencing system from a client device, a request to join the virtual meeting and a user identifier;
responsive to determining that the user identifier is not in the set of guest identifiers, determining that a user associated with the user identifier is also associated with a guest identifier in the set of guest identifiers; and
connecting the client device to the virtual meeting.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the user associated with the user identifier is also associated with a guest identifier in the set of guest identifiers comprises:
accessing a user identity based on the user identifier, the user identity comprising user identity information; and
determining a relationship between the user identity and the guest identifier in the set of guest identifiers based on the user identity information.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the video conferencing system maintains the user identity.
4. The method of claim 2 , wherein accessing a user identity comprises transmitting, to a user identity provider, the user identifier.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving the set of guest identifiers from a host of the virtual meeting.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining that the user associated with the user identifier is also associated with a guest identifier in the set of guest identifiers comprises:
providing a video feed associated with the user identifier to a host of the virtual meeting;
receiving an identification of the guest identifier from the host.
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a device identifier from the client device;
determining that the user associated with the user identifier is associated with a guest identifier in the set of guest identifiers based on the device identifier.
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:
initiate a virtual meeting having an associated set of guest identifiers;
receive, from a client device, a request to join the virtual meeting and a user identifier;
responsive to determining that the user identifier is not in the set of guest identifiers, determine that a user associated with the user identifier is also associated with a guest identifier in the set of guest identifiers; and
connect the client device to the virtual meeting.
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:
access a user identity based on the user identifier, the user identity comprising user identity information; and
determine a relationship between the user identity and the guest identifier in the set of guest identifiers based on the user identity information.
10. The system of claim 9 , wherein a video conferencing system maintains the user identity.
11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute further processor-executable instructions stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium to transmit, to a user identity provider, the user identifier.
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 receive the set of guest identifiers from a host of the virtual meeting.
13. 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:
provide a video feed associated with the user identifier to a host of the virtual meeting;
receive an identification of the guest identifier from the host.
14. 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:
receive a device identifier from the client device;
determine that the user associated with the user identifier is associated with a guest identifier in the set of guest identifiers based on the device identifier.
15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising processor-executable instructions configured to cause one or more processors to:
initiate a virtual meeting having an associated set of guest identifiers;
receive, from a client device, a request to join the virtual meeting and a user identifier;
responsive to determining that the user identifier is not in the set of guest identifiers, determine that a user associated with the user identifier is also associated with a guest identifier in the set of guest identifiers; and
connect the client device to the virtual meeting.
16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , further comprising processor-executable instructions configured to cause one or more processors to:
access a user identity based on the user identifier, the user identity comprising user identity information; and
determine a relationship between the user identity and the guest identifier in the set of guest identifiers based on the user identity information.
17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein a video conferencing system maintains the user identity.
18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , further comprising processor-executable instructions configured to cause one or more processors to transmit, to a user identity provider, the user identifier.
19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , further comprising processor-executable instructions configured to cause one or more processors to:
provide a video feed associated with the user identifier to a host of the virtual meeting;
receive an identification of the guest identifier from the host.
20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , further comprising processor-executable instructions configured to cause one or more processors to:
receive a device identifier from the client device;
determine that the user associated with the user identifier is associated with a guest identifier in the set of guest identifiers based on the device identifier.