Patent ID: 8019069

Claim:
A method for providing a notification signal to a conference call participant, comprising: entering a conference call agenda, wherein the agenda includes a plurality of items; registering by a conference call participant with an alerter application for notification of one of more of the agenda items when the one or more agenda items are being covered; initiating a conference call; listening to the conference call by the alerter application for at least a first key phrase, wherein listening for the first key phrase includes utilizing a voice recognition facility of the alerter application; receiving an indication of a next agenda item being covered, wherein receiving an indication of a next agenda item being covered includes receiving from the alerter application a signal indicating that the conference call has moved to a next agenda item, and wherein the voice recognition facility of the alerter application identifies the first key phrase in order to identify the next agenda item; identifying the next agenda item; determining whether notification of the identified agenda item is to be provided to a conference call participant; in response to determining that a conference call participant is to receive a notification signal for the identified agenda item, generating a notification signal and providing it to the conference call participant registered to receive a notification signal for the identified agenda item.