Patent ID: 8849907

Claim:
A system for notifying potential participants of a current conference section of a conference having a plurality of conference sections, each conference section corresponding to one of a plurality of conference topics, the system comprising: a server configured to: maintain records of associations of persons to at least one conference section indicator, each indicator being uniquely associated with one of the plurality of conference sections and each indicator comprising one of an agenda item, a code, a title and at least one key word corresponding to one of the plurality of conference topics; identify during the conference the conference section of the plurality of conference sections which is currently underway; output a current conference section indicator uniquely associated with the current conference section; select from the maintained records one or more persons associated with the current conference section indicator to be registered conference participants; detect a presence status of each registered conference participant; and transmit a notification to a registered conference participant that a new current conference section has started, a mode of transmission of the notification depending on a presence status of the registered conference participant.