A system and method for speaker identification in a conference calling
unit. The method identifies the speaker, locates the speaker identifier,
transfers the speaker identifier to an outgoing path and sends the speaker
identifier to endpoints participating in the conference call. If the
endpoints have the capability of displaying caller identification, their
displays will be updated dynamically with the speaker identifier in place
of the caller identifier. The system includes a conference call unit. The
unit has a processing unit operable to extract the caller identification
of the line having the speaker and a network interface unit operable to
send the caller identification to endpoints participating in the call as
speaker identification.
