US 10,219,120 B2 · System and method for seamless push-to-talk services

Abstract

Embodiments include a system, method, and computer program product for providing seamless PTT services to a user. In an embodiment, a push-to-talk (PTT) component provides, to the user, PTT services with a talk group through a connectivity to a data channel in a mobile network. A voice monitoring component monitors attributes of data connectivity on the data channel to determine when a voice quality falls below a threshold. When the voice quality is determined to fall below the threshold, a connectivity component requests the user to switch the connectivity to a voice channel. Then, the connectivity component dials a telephone number through the voice channel to access a voice conference bridge that provides the PTT services. To provide the PTT services, the voice conference bridge sets up a routing path to a session initiation protocol (SIP) session for the talk group, and routes voice communication through the SIP session.

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Dependent claims

A system, comprising:

a memory;
one or more processors coupled to the memory, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
receive a telephone call from a computing device operated by a user, wherein the telephone call comprises an automatic number identification (ANI) identifying the computing device, wherein the computing device initiates the telephone call after determining that a voice quality associated with a data channel satisfies a threshold, wherein one or more talk groups are associated with the ANI;
request the one or more talk groups associated with the ANI;
receive instructions corresponding to the one or more talk groups associated with the ANI;
based on the instructions, set up a routing path to a voice communication session corresponding to a talk group of the one or more talk groups;
and
route voice communications via the voice communication session to the talk group of the one or more talk groups to provide the user with push-to-talk (PTT) services.

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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor of a first electronic device, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving a telephone call from a computing device operated by a user, wherein the telephone call comprises an automatic number identification (ANI) identifying the computing device, wherein the computing device initiates the telephone call after determining that a voice quality associated with a data channel satisfies a threshold, wherein one or more talk groups are associated with the ANI;
requesting the one or more talk groups associated with the ANI;
receiving instructions corresponding to the one or more talk groups associated with the ANI;
based on the instructions, setting up a routing path to a voice communication session corresponding to a talk group of the one or more talk groups;
and
routing voice communications via the voice communication session to the talk group of the one or more talk groups to provide the user with push-to-talk (PTT) services.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System and method for seamless push-to-talk services

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