Method and system for providing conferencing services

An apparatus comprising:

• one or more processing devices configured to:
• determine that textual information of a conference transmitted over a network includes a predetermined term, the predetermined term having associated supplemental information that includes a definition of the predetermined term,
• mark the textual information to display with the textual information to notify a plurality of participants of the conference that the supplemental information is available based on the determination, and
• forward the textual information having the marking over the network to the one or more participants for presentation during the conference.

A tangible computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• determining that textual information of a conference over a network includes a predetermined term, the predetermined term having associated supplemental information that includes a definition of the predetermined term;
• marking the textual information to display with the textual information to notify a plurality of participants of the conference that the supplemental information is available based on the determination;
• and
• forwarding the textual information having the marking over the network to the one or more participants for presentation during the conference.