Patent ID: 8265253
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for displaying images of conference call participants, comprising: receiving a call from a user to join a conference call; obtaining a phone number of the user; matching the phone number to at least one stored graphical representation, wherein, in the case that the phone number of the user corresponds to a group of users, the matching further comprises matching a stored graphical representation of each user in the group of users with the phone number; distributing and displaying all of the matching graphical representations to a predetermined set of users; wherein when a plurality of users are participating in the conference call, the method further comprising: obtaining a phone number of each of the plurality of users participating in the conference call; matching the phone number of each of the plurality of users participating in the conference call to a stored graphical representation; and distributing and displaying each matching graphical representation to a predetermined set of users.