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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2005
Todd R. Manion, Redmond, WA (US);
Sandeep K. Singhal, Kirkland, WA (US);
Eliot Flannery, Redmond, WA (US);
Aaron Cunningham, Redmond, WA (US);
Ravi Rao, Redmond, WA (US);
Todd R. Manion, Redmond, WA (US);
Sandeep K. Singhal, Kirkland, WA (US);
Eliot Flannery, Redmond, WA (US);
Aaron Cunningham, Redmond, WA (US);
Ravi Rao, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method for creating, discovering, and joining meetings over a peer-to-peer network involves creation of a graph of meetings on a local subnet. When a meeting is created a meeting record is added to the graph where it may be discovered by other potential meeting attendees. A user may select from a list of meetings displayed in a meeting management window and send requested showing the selected meaning. Credentials, such as a password, may be supplied with the request. When the request is validated, information is sent to the requester for use in joining the meeting. When an ad hoc wireless session is used to hold a meeting the discovery process may further include analyzing data traffic to determine which wireless sessions are meetings.