Abstract: A teleconferencing system having screened introductions, named introductions, roll call, talker identification, and subconferencing, scheduling, and recording options. A caller attempting to join a teleconference is prompted to enter identification information by generating corresponding DTMF signals. The caller's identification is used to index the caller's profile stored in memory. The profile includes a memory address pointer to the location at which data representative of the spoken name of the caller is stored. The caller's identification is also checked against a list specified by the meeting organizer and stored in memory to determine whether the caller is to be admitted to the teleconference. If the caller is to be admitted to the teleconference, an announcement is generated to the attendees of the teleconference using the caller's spoken name retrieved from memory.

Abstract: A network and method for interconnecting a plurality of router elements in a parallel computer. The network forms a routing system for routing data from source processing elements to destination processing elements. The input lines and output lines of each router chip are prioritized. Higher priority output lines from a given output group of a first routing element are connected to low priority input lines of a second routing element and lower priority output lines from the output group of the first rotating element are connected to higher priority input lines of the second routing element.