MULTIMEDIA CONFERENCE CALL PARTICIPANT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD

A telecommunication system for establishing a conference call between various participants to the call communicating via multimedia communication devices. A call participant identification system detects the presence of voice signals made from a speaking call participant during the conference call. Call participant identification information is associated with the voice signals generated by the speaking call participant. A visual indication identifying the call participant is established at other multimedia communication devices connected with the call to identify the speaking call participant to the other participants of the conference call upon the detection of the voice signals from the speaking call participant.