CPC H04L 65/1069 (2013.01) [G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 40/174 (2020.01); H04L 12/1822 (2013.01); H04L 65/1073 (2013.01); H04L 65/403 (2013.01); H04L 67/146 (2013.01)] | 17 Claims |
1. A method of controlling access to a real-time session, comprising:
displaying, on a host interface, a session scheduling form;
receiving, from a host via the session scheduling form, email addresses of invited participants, an indication of a registration type and a selection of one or more registration fields required for one or more of the invited participants to register for a session, and a selection of one or more joining fields required for one or more registered participants to join a session;
generating, for each invited participant, an email including a hyperlink with a session-specific uniform resource locator (URL) for joining the session;
receiving, from a participant device, a request to join the session-specific URL;
serving a session joining page to the participant device in response to the request for the session-specific URL, the session joining page including one or more joining fields;
receiving, from the participant device via the session joining page, the one or more joining fields;
verifying that the one or more joining fields match registration information of the invited participant;
admitting the invited participant into the real-time session in response to the verifying;
assigning the invited participant a randomized display name; and
displaying the randomized display name of the invited participant to one or more other invited participants.
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