Patent ID: 8131800

Claim:
A computer implemented method for displaying dynamic attributes of electronic conference attendees, the computer implemented method comprising: assigning a persona icon to each attendee client of a plurality of attendee clients of an electronic conference to form a set of persona icons, wherein each of the set of persona icon includes a digitized image of a corresponding attendee client and a static attribute emblem of the corresponding attendee client, wherein the static attribute emblem is a seniority emblem of the corresponding attendee client, wherein each persona icon is an awake persona icon; for each of the plurality of attendee clients, identifying one of a set of cultural preferences for displaying the seniority emblem according to browsing preferences of each of the plurality of attendee clients, and displaying the set of persona icons to the corresponding attendee client according to the identified one of the set of cultural preferences for displaying the seniority emblem; receiving user inputs from respective computers associated with each of the attendee clients in the plurality of attendee clients; modifying at least one persona icon in the set of persona icons based on the user inputs for an attendee client associated with the each persona icon to create a set of modified persona icons based on user state, wherein each of the set of modified persona icons is an exaggerated change to the corresponding persona icon, wherein the modified persona icon is an asleep modified persona icon, and wherein the user state is based on a level of participation in the electronic conference; and presenting the set of modified persona icons in an interface of a display associated with at least one of the respective computers, wherein the interface will display a state of attentiveness of the plurality of attendee clients.