System and method for providing support services in push to talk communication platforms
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorsPetri Koskelainen, Mikko Vainikainen
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Abstract
A system, apparatus, and method for introducing services into a Push to Talk (PTT) environment. Requests for services are generated and transmitted via requesting PTT clients. The request is received at a PTT server, which forwards the request to a PTT application server recognized by the PTT server as another PTT client. The requested service is performed at the PTT application server, and a result is generated in response. The result is transmitted from the PTT application server to the requesting PTT client by way of the PTT server.
Claims35
A method for introducing services into a Push to Talk (PTT) environment, comprising:
- configuring a PTT application server to function as a client for purposes of receiving PTT service requests;
- generating and transmitting a request for at least one service via a requesting PTT client;
- receiving the request at a PTT server, and forwarding the request from the PTT server to the PTT application server recognized by the PTT server as another PTT client;
- performing the requested service at the PTT application server and generating a result in response thereto;
- and
- transmitting the result from the PTT application server to the requesting PTT client by way of the PTT server.
A method for providing services in a Push to Talk (PTT) system having a plurality of PTT clients capable of intercommunicating via at least one PTT server, the method comprising:
- configuring a PTT application server to function as a client for purposes of receiving PTT service requests;
- receiving an over-the-air service request from a requesting PTT client at the PTT server, wherein the service request includes at least one service command to identify a corresponding service feature;
- forwarding the service request to the PTT application server that communicates with the PTT server as a PTT client;
- and
- executing the service command at the PTT application server to perform the corresponding service feature requested by the requesting PTT client.
A server for providing services to push to talk (PTT) clients via an intermediary PTT server, the server comprising:
- a processing system;
- a database to store information targeted by service requests issued by the PTT clients;
- a PTT client module operable via the processing system to conimunicate with the PTT server in a client-server relationship as a client for purposes of receiving PTT service requests;
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- at least one service module operable via the processing system to process the service requests identifying the service module as a targeted service.
A system for providing services over a network via a Push to Talk over Cellular (PoC) platform, comprising:
- at least one push to talk (PTT) client device having PTT capabilities and configured to generate and transmit at least one service request over-the-air (OTA);
- a PTT server coupled OTA to the PTT client device to receive and redirect the service request to an addressed PTT client on the network;
- and
- a PTT application server serving as the addressed PTT client and coupled to the network to receive the redirected service request, the PTT application server comprising a processing system to process the service request.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.