Displaying images of conference call participants
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsBruce D. D'Amora, Charles R. Johns
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method, system, and computer program product for displaying images of conference call participants. A method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes receiving a call from a user to join a conference call, obtaining a phone number of the user, matching the phone number to a stored graphical representation, and distributing and displaying the matching graphical representation to a predetermined set of users. A voice identification/recognition process can also be used to match the user to a stored graphical representation.
Claims19
A method for displaying images of conference call participants, comprising:
- receiving a call from a user to join a conference call;
- obtaining a phone number of the user;
- matching the phone number to at least one stored graphical representation, wherein, in the case that the phone number of the user corresponds to a group of users, the matching further comprises matching a stored graphical representation of each user in the group of users with the phone number;
- distributing and displaying all of the matching graphical representations to a predetermined set of users;
- wherein when a plurality of users are participating in the conference call, the method further comprising:
- obtaining a phone number of each of the plurality of users participating in the conference call;
- matching the phone number of each of the plurality of users participating in the conference call to a stored graphical representation;
- and
- distributing and displaying each matching graphical representation to a predetermined set of users.
A system for displaying images of conference call participants, comprising:
- a system for receiving a call from a user to join a conference call;
- a system for obtaining a phone number of the user;
- a system for matching the phone number to at least one stored graphical representation, wherein, in the case that the phone number of the user corresponds to a group of users, the matching further comprises matching a stored graphical representation of each user in the group of users with the phone number;
- a system for distributing and displaying all of the matching graphical representations to a predetermined set of users;
- wherein when a plurality of users are participating in the conference call, the system further comprising:
- a system for obtaining a phone number of each of the plurality of users participating in the conference call;
- a system for matching the phone number of each of the plurality of users participating in the conference call to a stored graphical representation;
- and
- a system for distributing and displaying each matching graphical representation to a predetermined set of users.
A program product stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium for displaying images of conference call participants when executed by a computer device, the computer readable medium comprising program code for performing a method, comprising:
- receiving a call from a user to join a conference call;
- obtaining a phone number of the user;
- matching the phone number to at least one stored graphical representation, wherein, in the case that the phone number of the user corresponds to a group of users, the matching further comprises matching a stored graphical representation of each user in the group of users with the phone number;
- distributing and displaying all of the matching graphical representations to a predetermined set of users;
- wherein when a plurality of users are participating in the conference call, the method further comprising:
- obtaining a phone number of each of the plurality of users participating in the conference call;
- matching the phone number of each of the plurality of users participating in the conference call to a stored graphical representation;
- and
- distributing and displaying each matching graphical representation to a predetermined set of users.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.