Patent ID: 6839417

Claim:
An improved conference call system having a plurality of stations each having a voice input, an audio output, and a user; a conference server able to support at least one conference call, and a communications channel connecting each station to the conference server; wherein the conference server selectably grants to each station access to a selected one of the at least one conference call, each station accessing the selected conference call sends to the conference server the respective voice input, the conference server sends to each station accessing the selected conference call a processed aggregation of the received voice input from the other stations accessing the selected conference call, and each station accessing the selected conference call sends the respective processed aggregation to the respective audio output; the improvement comprising: each station having a means to selectably send to the conference server a request for designation, the conference serve collecting the request for designation from each requesting station accessing the selected conference call, designating at least one requesting station accessing the selected conference call, and the processed aggregation for each non-designated station accessing the selected conference call having a greater portion of voice input from the at least one designated station.