System and method for providing PTT service according to user state
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSi-Baek Kim, Dae-Hyun Lee
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Abstract
In a system and method for providing Push To Talk (PTT) service according to a state of the user, when a PTT terminal user is absent, in conference or busy, the PTT system converts the PTT voice message directed to the PTT terminal to a text message, and displays it on a screen of another terminal or the PTT terminal. As a result, the user can immediately check the PTT message when he/she is in absence or conference state, and is busy without communication interference.
Claims20
A Push To Talk (PTT) system, comprising:
- a first terminal for generating and transmitting a signal indicating a current state of a user;
- a second terminal for receiving data directed to the first terminal;
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- a PTT server for converting a PTT voice message directed to the first terminal to a text message, and for transmitting the PTT text message to one of the first terminal and the second terminal when the signal indicating the current state of the user is received from the first terminal.
A method for providing PTT service according to a state of a terminal user in a PTT system, the method comprising the steps of:
- generating, by a first terminal, a signal indicating a current state of a user and transmitting the signal to a PTT server;
- receiving and storing, by the PTT server, the signal indicating the current state of the user as received from the first terminal;
- when the PTT server receives a PTT voice message directed to the first terminal, converting the PTT voice message to a PTT text message;
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- transmitting, by the PTT server, the PTT text message to one of the first terminal and a second terminal set to receive data directed to the first terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.