Patent ID: 7266189
Filing Date: 2007-09-04
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A teleconference apparatus, comprising: initialization means for initializing a call between a plurality of first participants located in a first station calling on a first line and at least one second participant located in a second station calling on a second line, the first station being remote from the second station; and identification means for identifying a position of at least one of the plurality of first participants in the first station on the first line responsive to a request from the at least one second participant in the second station, where the at least one second participant initiates the request each time the at least one second participant requests identification of the position of the at least one of the plurality of first participants located in the first station after initializing the call and where the identification means does not continuously display a list of participants last to speak from the plurality of first participants and the at least one second participant and where the identification means does not continuously receive and is not continuously aware of the identity of the last participant to speak; where the initialization means includes means for determining a position corresponding to each of the first and second participants in the first and second stations, respectively; where the identification means determines the identity of the at least one of the plurality of first participants responsive to the request and by associating the at least one of the plurality of first participants with their position; where the initialization means comprises table means for creating a table associating each of the first participants and the at least one second participant to their position in the first and second stations, respectively; where the identification means uses the table to identify the at least one first participant; and where the table is a random access memory.