Patent ID: 6839410

Claim:
A method for setting user communication parameters for a voice communication between a calling party and a called party, wherein at least one of the calling party and the called party may include at least a first user and a second user, the first user being in the communication prior to the second user, comprising: establishing the voice communication between the calling party and the called party; setting the user communication parameters in accordance with communication setting information of the first user; receiving an identification of the second user during the communication; retrieving at least one first stored identification from a user profile database; comparing the identification of the second user and the at least one first stored identification to determine if the identification of the second user matches the at least one first stored identification within a predetermined tolerance; identifying the second user if the identification of the second user and the at least one first stored identification match within the predetermined tolerance; and resetting the user communication parameters based on a result of the comparison step, the resetting step including retrieving communication setting information from the user profile database corresponding to the identified second user.