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US 8,577,404 B2Granted
Prioritization of group communications at a wireless communication device
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsBeth Ann Brewer, Ashutosh Aggarwal
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AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsBeth Ann Brewer, Ashutosh Aggarwal
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An embodiment is directed to switching between server-arbitrated group communication sessions at an access terminal (AT) within a wireless communications system. The AT participates in a first group communication session when it receives an announce message announcing a second group communication session, acquires priority levels for the first and/or second group communication sessions and determines whether to switch between sessions based on the priority level(s). In another embodiment, the AT participates in a given processing task (e.g., a gaming session, a voice call, a group session, etc.) when it receives an alert that relates to a group communication session. If the alert is specially configured to force the given access terminal to drop the given processing task, the AT drops the given processing task irrespective of whether the AT later joins the announced group communication session.
A method of switching from a first server-arbitrated group communication session to a second server-arbitrated group communication session at a given access terminal within a wireless communications system, comprising:
An access terminal configured to selectively switch from a first server-arbitrated group communication session to a second server-arbitrated group communication session within a wireless communications system, comprising:
An access terminal configured to selectively switch from a first server-arbitrated group communication session to a second server-arbitrated group communication session within a wireless communications system, comprising:
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions, which, when executed by an access terminal configured to selectively switch from a first server-arbitrated group communication session to a second server-arbitrated group communication session within a wireless communications system, cause the access terminal to perform operations, the instructions comprising:
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Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective…:…
Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective…:…
For selective distribution or broadcast: for Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-to-Talk over cellular [PoC] services
Wireless communication networks
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1. Field of the Invention
Embodiments of the invention are directed to prioritization of group communication sessions at a wireless communications device within a wireless communications system.
2. Description of the Related Art
FIG. 1 is a representative diagram of one embodiment of a wireless network with a designated PTT group of wireless telecommunication devices communicating with a group communication server and other computer devices across the wireless network
FIG. 2 is a representative diagram of one embodiment of a wireless network in a common cellular telecommunication configuration, having a group communication server control communications between the wireless telecommunication devices of PTT group members.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating the computer platform of the wireless communication device embodied with PTT capability.
Aspects of the invention are disclosed in the following description and related drawings directed to specific embodiments of the invention. Alternate embodiments may be devised without departing from the scope of the invention. Additionally, well-known elements of the invention will not be described in detail or will be omitted so as not to obscure the relevant details of the invention.
In this description, the terms “communication device,” “wireless device,” “wireless communications device,” “PTT communication device,” “handheld device,” “mobile device,” and “handset” are used interchangeably. The terms “call” and “communication” are also used interchangeably. The term “application” as used herein is intended to encompass executable and non-executable software files, raw data, aggregated data, patches, and other code segments.
The words “exemplary” and/or “example” are used herein to mean “serving as an example, instance, or illustration.” Any embodiment described herein as “exemplary” and/or “example” is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments. Likewise, the term “embodiments of the invention” does not require that all embodiments of the invention include the discussed feature, advantage or mode of operation.