Patent ID: 7653013

Claim:
A method of conferencing comprising the steps of: forming a main conference between a plurality of users, presenting at least one of said users in the main conference with a graphical list of the main conference participants, providing said user with an interface to interact with said graphical list of main conference participants, such that said user has an option to request a subconference with a subset of other users by selecting subconference participants from said graphical list using said interface, forming a subconference between said user and the subset of other users, maintaining private from the main conference at least some communication between the subset of users in the subconference during the subsistence of the subconference, wherein the users in the main conference are presented with said subconference list during the subsistence of the subconference, and presenting to said user a graphical list of the subset of users in the subconference, when the subconference is in progress.