Abstract: An embodiment for automatically controlling peripheral devices based on online meeting participant information. The embodiment may detect participants of an online meeting and generate a participant information table. The embodiment may generate a participant group table including one or more preliminary participant groups based on the participant information. The embodiment may generate and send audio through peripheral devices associated with at least one participant in each of the one or more preliminary participant groups to identify the participants in physically shared meeting spaces. The embodiment may update the participant group table to include confirmed participant groups based on the identified participants in the physically shared meeting spaces. The embodiment may determine a presenter for each of the confirmed participant groups and update the participant information.

Abstract: A method for sharing hidden information in a virtual meeting is disclosed. In one embodiment, such a method includes sharing, by way of a web-conference server, a source window presented on a source system with a target window presented on a target system. The method detects selection of a specific area on the target window and correlates the specific area on the target window with a corresponding area on the source window. The method determines whether the corresponding area on the source window links to hidden information, such as a hyperlink, on the source window. If the corresponding area links to hidden information, the method communicates one or more of the hidden information and a link to the hidden information to the target system. A corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed.