An apparatus and method is disclosed that allows a participant in a
conference call to receive conference call roster information at a
telephone display unit, at a computer display or at both types of display.
The conference call information is updated during the call and includes
identification of the speaker during a conference call. The conference
callers are connected together and identified either by standard caller
identification or by other identification provided by the operator. The
conference callers' identifications are then transmitted in two ways.
First, a coded signal is sent over the telephone connection to a telephone
display unit. Second, an information, packet is transmitted over the
Internet to a conference call participant's computer. A server computer
monitors the conference call and the identification of parties involved is
updated and parties are added or disconnected. The speaking party is
identified in one of two ways. First, during the call, the speaker's
telephone line will have a higher transmission amplitude than the other
telephone lines and the line with the highest transmission amplitude will
be identified by the server computer. Second, voice identification data is
gathered before the conference call and stored in the server computer for
use in identifying the speaker.
