Discrete second window for additional information for users accessing an audio or multimedia conference

A system for updating participant data displayed in a graphical user interface at a user device, the participant data being associated with at least one participant in a conference, the system comprising:

• a server, the server including:
• a memory, the memory configured to store participant data, the participant data including at least a list of participants in a conference and a subset of participant data associated with at least one participant in the list;
• and
• a processor, the processor configured to cause transmission of at least the list of participants in the conference and the subset of participant data for display in respective windows in the graphical user interface.

A method for providing a graphical user interface at a computing device for a conference, method comprising:

• storing at least one predefined criterion;
• receiving participant data, the participant data including:
• a list of participants in the conference;
• and
• a subset of participant data associated with each participant in the list;
• determining if at least one participant in the list of participants in the conference is associated with the subset of participant data that meets the at least one predefined criterion;
• displaying the list of participants in the graphical user interface;
• and
• displaying, in the graphical user interface at a place other than the place where the list of participants in the conference is displayed in the graphical user interface, the at least one participant associated with the subset of participant data that meets the at least one predefined criterion, the at least one participant associated with the subset of participant data that meets the at least one predefined criterion being displayed at the same time as the display of the subset of participant data.