Cisco Technology, Inc.

Dan Peder Eriksen

Ragnvald Balch Barth

Sverre Huseby

Bjornar Snoksrud

Johan Ludvig Nielsen

Lars Johan Persson

Pär-Erik Krans

Fredrik E M Oledal

Norma Løvhaugen

Lasse S Thoresen

In one example embodiment, a server obtains a labeled fingerprint of an ultrasound-capable client device. Based on the labeled fingerprint, the server determines that the ultrasound-capable client device is in physical proximity with a collaboration endpoint. The server subsequently obtains an unlabeled fingerprint of an ultrasound-incapable client device. Based on the unlabeled fingerprint and the labeled fingerprint, the server determines that the ultrasound-incapable client device is a meeting attendee device for a collaboration meeting to which the collaboration endpoint is connected. In response to determining that the ultrasound-incapable client device is the meeting attendee device for the collaboration meeting, the server connects the ultrasound-incapable client device to the collaboration endpoint.

Connecting ultrasound-incapable client devices to collaboration devices

A telecommunications device includes an electronic memory to store at least a network address and a random number code, and a sound unit to transmit the network address and the random number code via ultrasonic sound waves. The telecommunications device also includes a network interface to communicate via a data network using the network address and a processor to establish a communication session with another device over the data network based upon receipt of a response from the other device via the data network, the response including at least the random number code. The telecommunications device does not establish the communication session with the other device if the random number code is missing from the response or if the random number code in the response does not match the random number code transmitted in the ultrasonic sound waves.

System and associated methodology for detecting same-room presence using ultrasound as an out-of-band channel

System and associated methodology for detecting same room presence using ultrasound as an out-of-band channel

In one embodiment, a method includes receiving ultrasound frequency sweeps in a sound receiving device. Each of the plurality of ultrasound frequency sweeps is centered on one of at least two predetermined frequencies. The method also includes converting the ultrasound frequency sweeps into an ultrasound message based on a central frequency of each of the ultrasound frequency sweeps received, and placing the ultrasound message into a receive buffer. Then at least a network address is extracted from the ultrasound message, and the network address is used to establish a communication session over a data network with a telecommunications device.

System and associated methodology for proximity detection and device association using ultrasound

A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving video data associated with a meeting in a video conferencing environment; and displaying a plurality of images of participants of the meeting around a presenter or around collaboration material such that an overview of the participants is rendered on a display. The presenter or the collaboration material is rendered near a middle portion of the display. At least some of the participants are at one or more locations, which are remote from the display.

System and method for collaboration revelation and participant stacking in a network environment

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