Managing a virtual waiting room for online meetings

USRE49824E1 · kind E1 · reissue

Assignee

• Cisco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

• James E. Coffman · Boulder, US
• Jonathan Rosenberg · Freehold, US
• Jorunn Aarseth · Oslo, NO
• Keith Griffin · Oranmore, IE
• John K. Restrick, Jr. · Palo Alto, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 25, 2020
• Grant date: Jan 30, 2024
• Expiry date: Sep 25, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

A server or other computing device manages meetings in a virtual meeting room on behalf of a virtual meeting room owner. A request is received from an attendee to join a meeting in the virtual meeting room. A determination is made, based on configurations set by the virtual meeting room owner, whether to connect the attendee to a virtual waiting room. The attendee is connected to the virtual waiting room in accordance with the configurations set by the virtual meeting room owner.