Methods and Apparatus for Push to Talk Type Service

A server for use in a push to talk type service in which a floor is required for a client terminal to distribute a media item to at least one other terminal participating with the client terminal in a push to talk type session, the server comprising:

• means for determining the size of the media item;
• and
• means for managing the floor in dependence upon information relating to the size of the media item.

A method for use in a push to talk type service in which a floor is required to distribute a media item to at least one receiving terminal participating in a push to talk type session, the method comprising the steps of:

• sending information relating to the size of the media item to a server designated to control the session, the information being for use by the server to manage the floor;
• and
• distributing the media item to the receiving terminal when allowed by the server.

A client terminal for use in a push to talk type service in which a floor is required to distribute a media item to at least one other terminal participating in a push to talk type session, the client terminal comprising:

• means for sending information relating to the size of the media item to a server designated to control the session, the information being for use by the server to manage the floor;
• and
• means for distributing the media item to the receiving terminal when allowed by the server.

(canceled)

An operating program carried on a carrier medium that, when run on an apparatus in a push to talk service for distributing a media item from a sending terminal to at least one receiving terminal, causes the apparatus to:

• determine the size of the media item;
• and
• manage a floor required for media-item distribution in dependence upon information relating to the size of the media item.

(canceled)