Abstract: A method and system for addressing and indicating a remote person participating in a video conference call is provided. The method and system includes a local video conference unit having a local video display presenting a remote video image. A local pointing device allows a video conference participant to address one or more remote participants in the remote video image. The user input from the local pointing device may mark, highlight, “tag” or otherwise indicate the one or more remote participants. The local conference unit may also have a detection mechanism coupled to the local video display and configured to detect the user input from the local pointing device and determine a selected image region on the remote video image containing one or more addressed or selected remote participants. The selected image region corresponds to a plurality of pixels on the remote video image.