Patent ID: 7853649

Claim:
A method for spatially distinguishing each of a plurality of other participants in a multi-party call on a communication device having associated therewith at least two speakers available for audio output, the multi-party call being with a user of the communication device and each of the plurality of other participants, said method comprising: assigning each of the plurality of other participants to corresponding virtual spatial positions; receiving call audio from one of the other participants during the multi-party call; adapting the call audio received from the one participant based on the virtual spatial position corresponding to the one participant; concurrent with the adapting, assigning an audio playback of a media item to an unassigned virtual position so as to distinguish the call audio and the audio playback; and concurrently presenting the adapted call audio and the audio playback of the media item on the at least two speakers, wherein the adapted call audio and the audio playback of the media item appear to the user to originate from different spatial locations.