Mobile conferencing system and method

摘要

A method of and apparatus for representing a user on a display device in a telecommunications conference facility by means of graphical representations corresponding to respective users is provided. In this invention which the conference facility may be accessed by using a plurality of different types of access devices, and the representation of a user is indicative of the access device type used by the user to access the conference facility. The representation of the user is also indicative of the degree of privacy and attention capability of the user, and of the quality of service experienced by the user. The representation may also show whether the user is stationary or on the move. It is possible for the user to manually indicate the desired representation. <IMAGE>