US 9,426,632 B2 · Prioritization of group communications at a wireless communication device

Abstract

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.

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Dependent claims

A method of selectively switching from a first group session to a second group session within a wireless communications system, comprising:

receiving an announce message at a given access terminal that announces the second group session when the given access terminal is participating in the first group session;
acquiring one or more priority levels associated with one or more of the first and second group sessions;
determining whether to switch from the first group session to the second group session based on the one or more priority levels;
and
selectively switching from the first group session to the second group session based on the determining.

2 more elements

A given access terminal configure to selectively switch from a first group session to a second group session within a wireless communications system, comprising:

logic configured to receive an announce message that announces the second group session when the given access terminal is participating in the first group session;
logic configured to acquire one or more priority levels associated with one or more of the first and second group sessions;
logic configured to determine whether to switch from the first group session to the second group session based on the one or more priority levels;
and
logic configured to selectively switch from the first group session to the second group session based on the determination.

2 more elements

A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a given access terminal configure to selectively switch from a first group session to a second group session within a wireless communications system, cause the given access terminal to perform operations, the instructions comprising:

at least one instruction to cause the given access terminal to receive an announce message that announces the second group session when the given access terminal is participating in the first group session;
at least one instruction to cause the given access terminal to acquire one or more priority levels associated with one or more of the first and second group sessions;
at least one instruction to cause the given access terminal to determine whether to switch from the first group session to the second group session based on the one or more priority levels;
and
at least one instruction to cause the given access terminal to selectively switch from the first group session to the second group session based on the determination.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Prioritization of group communications at a wireless communication device

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Abstract

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