Apparatus for notifying a mobile user of a push-to-talk communication call in a mobile communication system and method therefor
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorSeong-Hun Kang
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for notifying a mobile user of a push-to-talk (PTT) communication call signal in a mobile communication system are provided in which a caller's mobile terminal transmits the PTT communication call signal, including identifying information of a receiver's mobile terminal, through a PTT server to a receiver's mobile terminal, and the receiver's mobile terminal notifies the receiver of reception of the PTT communication call signal by means of a PTT communication start sound set by the receiver.
Claims9
A method for notifying a mobile user of a push-to-talk (PTT) communication call signal in a mobile communication system, comprising:
- transmitting from a caller's mobile terminal said PTT communication call signal, including identifying information of a receiver's mobile terminal, through a PTT server to said receiver's mobile terminal;
- and
- operating said receiver's mobile terminal to notify the receiver of the reception of said PTT communication call signal using a PTT communication start sound set by the receiver.
An apparatus for notifying a mobile user of a push-to-talk (PTT) communication call signal in a mobile communication system, comprising:
- a caller's mobile terminal for sending said PTT communication call signal to at least one receiver's mobile terminal by inputting a key, said caller's mobile terminal producing a PTT communication start sound set by the caller to notify the caller of reception of a PTT communication acknowledgment signal in response to said PTT communication call signal and to establish a PTT communication with the receiver's mobile terminal;
- said receiver's mobile terminal producing a PTT communication start sound set by the receiver to notify the receiver of reception of said PTT communication call signal from said caller's mobile terminal and to establish the PTT communication with the caller's mobile terminal;
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- a PTT server for receiving said PTT communication call signal to send the identifying information of at least one receiver's mobile terminal to the caller's mobile terminal and to transfer said PTT communication call signal to the receiver's mobile terminal selected by the caller's mobile terminal, said PTT server receiving the PTT communication acknowledgment signal from the receiver's mobile terminal to transfer the PTT communication acknowledgment signal to the caller's mobile terminal, and said PTT server making the PTT communication connection between the caller's mobile terminal and the receiver's mobile terminal.
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