A videoconferencing endpoint is described that uses a combination of face detection, motion detection, and upper body detection for selecting participants of a videoconference for group framing. Motion detection is used to remove fake faces as well as to detect motion in regions around detected faces during postprocessing. Upper body detection is used in conjunction with the motion detection in postprocessing to allow saving faces that have been initially detected by face detection for group framing even if the participant has turned away from the camera, allowing the endpoint to keep tracking the participants region better than would be possible based only on an unstable result coming from face detection.

A method, a computer program product, and a computer system determine participation levels of participants in a meeting. The method includes determining a characteristic of a first one of the participants. The method includes identifying a meeting topic to be discussed during the meeting. The method includes determining an expected participation level of the first participant based on the characteristic and the meeting topic. The method includes determining an actual participation level of the first participant during the meeting related to the meeting topic. The method includes determining whether the actual participation level of the first participant has met the expected participation level.

While a teleconference is occurring, data of a teleconference is analyzed to determine first participant data associated with a first speaker and second participant data associated with a second speaker. At a different application, addition of a first speaker indicator and a second speaker indicator to a text entry of a user is caused, the first speaker indicator added concurrently with identification that the first speaker is speaking and the second speaker indicator added concurrently with identification that the second speaker is speaking. At the different application, addition of key information to a text entry of a user is caused, the key information comprising participant data associated with the first speaker and second participant data associated with the second speaker.

A system for managing a conference call, the system comprising a call answering server configured to receive a call from an attendee device that has been forwarded from a host device, identify a conference call associated with the host device for the attendee device to join, receive a request from the attendee device to join the conference call, and connect the attendee device to the conference call.

Various systems and methods for objectively evaluating conference events are disclosed. In some embodiments, the systems and methods include a conference calling platform, such as a conference bridge device, that has a scoring unit. During a conference call, the platform can receive information from the conference system pertaining to the conference call. The scoring unit can use such information to determine an engagement score for the conference call itself and/or for individual attendees. The engagement score and/or information related to the engagement score can be provided to an organizer and/or to individual attendees.

A method, a computer program product, and a computer system determine participation levels of participants in a meeting. The method includes determining a characteristic of a first one of the participants. The method includes identifying a meeting topic to be discussed during the meeting. The method includes determining an expected participation level of the first participant based on the characteristic and the meeting topic. The method includes determining an actual participation level of the first participant during the meeting related to the meeting topic. The method includes determining whether the actual participation level of the first participant has met the expected participation level.

An example electronic device includes a memory to store a user profile including first identifying information of a first participant in a conference call. A receiver receives second identifying information of the first participant from a transmitting device associated with the first participant, wherein the first identifying information and the second identifying information form an identifier for the first participant. An audio encoder receives an audio signal. A processor, in response to determining which transmitting device is nearest to a source of the audio signal relative to other transmitting devices, identifies the first participant as a source of the audio signal, and combines the identifier for the first participant with the audio signal generated by the first participant. A router forwards the combined identifier and audio of the first participant to a receiving device of a second participant in the conference call.

While a teleconference is occurring, data of a teleconference is analyzed to determine first participant data associated with a first speaker and second participant data associated with a second speaker. At a different application, addition of a first speaker indicator and a second speaker indicator to a text entry of a user is caused, the first speaker indicator added concurrently with identification that the first speaker is speaking and the second speaker indicator added concurrently with identification that the second speaker is speaking. At the different application, addition of key information to a text entry of a user is caused, the key information comprising participant data associated with the first speaker and second participant data associated with the second speaker.

Each user of a telecommunications system may speak and record their own name, in their own voice, and a recording of their spoken name may subsequently be accessed by or delivered to other users of the system, thereby facilitating communication between users by enabling users to better know how to pronounce the names of other users. A user may listen to the recorded spoken name of another user before placing a call to another user. When a user joins a conference call, their spoken name may be announced to other users (attendees) already in the call. A user joining a conference call may listen to the recorded spoken names of attendees in the call. A button on users' phones may invoke these features.

Techniques and examples pertaining to identifying a participant of a teleconference using a telephone number or an Internet protocol (IP) address are described. A method for teleconferencing participant identification may involve receiving an IP-based telephone call that includes a telephone number or an IP address. The method may also involve querying databases with the telephone number or the IP address to obtain identifications associated with the telephone number or the IP address. The method may also involve determining a display name for the IP-based telephone call based on the identifications, as well as connecting the IP-based telephone call as a participant to a teleconference that includes other participants. The method may further involve transmitting the display name to a device associated with at least one of the other participants of the teleconference.