Method and apparatus for floor control in multi-media push-to-talk network
AssigneeNextel Communications Inc.
InventorsZheng CAI, Arun Manroa
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for floor control in a multi-media dispatch network is disclosed. The method includes receiving a floor request message related to a first media type at a dispatch network controller from a first user and receiving a floor grant request message related to a second media type at the dispatch network controller from the first user. The apparatus includes a dispatch network controller where the dispatch network controller receives a floor request message related to a first media type from a first user and receives a floor grant request message related to a second media type from the first user.
Claims17
A method for floor control in a multi-media dispatch network, comprising the steps of:
- receiving a floor request message related to a first media type at a dispatch network controller from a first user;
- and
- receiving a floor grant request message related to a second media type at the dispatch network controller from the first user.
An apparatus for floor control in a multi-media dispatch network, comprising:
- a dispatch network controller:
- wherein the dispatch network controller receives a floor request message related to a first media type from a first user;
- and
- wherein the dispatch network controller receives a floor grant request message related to a second media type from the first user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.