Patent ID: 8144633

Claim:
A method for designating an aural position of an audio stream in a collaboration environment, comprising: displaying in a first display area of a user interface on a display device a plurality of participant icons; receiving a first outgoing audio stream corresponding to a first participant icon of the plurality of participant icons, wherein the first outgoing audio stream includes aural position characteristics that aurally position the first outgoing audio stream at a first aural position corresponding to a first position of the first participant icon in the first display area; receiving first input indicating the first participant icon has been moved from the first position to a second position in the first display area; in response to the first input, determining a second aural position of the first participant icon corresponding to the second position based on the second position and a reference position; sending a control signal to a conference processor including an audio stream identifier identifying the first outgoing audio stream and an aural position identifier identifying the second aural position; and receiving the first outgoing audio stream wherein the first outgoing audio stream includes aural position characteristics that aurally position the first outgoing audio stream at the second aural position.