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A videoconferencing system and method comprising a plurality of workstations, providing AV capture and reproduction facilities, interconnected by a network providing an AV path for carrying signals representing videoconference participants. The system and method includes one or more of a remote part

A videoconferencing system and method comprising a plurality of workstations, providing AV capture and reproduction facilities, interconnected by a network providing an AV path for carrying signals representing videoconference participants. The system and method includes one or more of a remote participant hold selection mechanism and a remote participant disconnection mechanism. The remote participant hold selection mechanism is operable to place at least one of the other participants on hold, during a videoconference call among a hold-activating participant and a plurality of other participants. The remote participant disconnection mechanism is operable by a participant teleconference call among the participant and a plurality of the other participants without disconnecting the remaining participants.

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1. A teleconferencing system for conducting a teleconference among a plurality of participants:(a) a workstation associated with each of at least two participants, each workstation including a monitor for displaying visual images, and AV capture and reproduction capabilities for capturing and reprod

1. A teleconferencing system for conducting a teleconference among a plurality of participants:(a) a workstation associated with each of at least two participants, each workstation including a monitor for displaying visual images, and AV capture and reproduction capabilities for capturing and reproducing video images and spoken audio of the participants; and (b) a network providing an AV path for carrying signals representing participant among the workstations wherein the system is configured to allow any participant in a teleconference call, among the participant and a plurality of other participants, to disconnect at least one of the other participants without disconnecting the remaining other participants.