Group details of group services

• US 20060053208A1
• Filed: 09/08/2005
• Published: 03/09/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/08/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Laurila, Antti, Veikkolainen, Simo, Mutikainen, Jari, Helenius, Paavo
• Granted Patent: US 7,756,537 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/126 the source of the received data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/08 User group management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/10 Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-On-Call services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/45 for Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-to-Talk over cellular [PoC] services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/186 Processing of subscriber group data

Abstract

A server for a communication system is disclosed. The server is configured to receive group communication information comprising a group detail indicator. The group detail indicator provides information on at least an identity of a group and a type of the group. The server is further configured to store the group communication information, and to make the group communication information available to predefined entities.

Claims

1. A server for a communication system, the server being configured to:

receive group communication information comprising a group detail indicator, wherein the group detail indicator provides information on at least an identity of a group and a type of the group;

store the group communication information; and

make available the group communication information to predefined entities.

2. The server according to claim 1, further configured to allow the predefined entities to perform at least of manipulation, uploading and downloading the group communication information.

3. A server for a communication system, the server comprising:

a receiver for receiving group communication information comprising a group detail indicator, wherein the group detail indicator provides information on at least an identity of a group and a type of the group;

a memory for storing the group communication information; and

an interface for making available the group communication information to predefined entities.

4. The server according to claim 3, comprising one of a shared document management server and an extendible mark-up language document server.

5. A communication device comprising:

memory means for storing a group detail indicator wherein the group detail indicator provides information on at least an identity of a group and a type of the group;

uploading means for uploading the group detail indicator to a server; and

downloading means for downloading the group detail indicator for storing the group detail indicator to the memory means.

6. A communication device configured to:

store a group detail indicator wherein the group detail indicator provides information on at least an identity of a group and a type of the group;

upload the group detail indicator to a server; and

download the group detail indicator for storing the group detail indicator to a memory means.

7. The communication device according to claim 6, further configured to receive the group detail indicator in a message from a network.

8. The communication device according to claim 7, wherein said message comprises one of a request to initiate said group communication and a group advertisement.

9. A method for indicating group detail information relating to group communication in a communication system, the method comprising:

attaching a reference to a request to initiate said group communication, wherein said reference is referring to a list stored in a server in a network, the list comprising a group detail indicator providing information on at least an identity of a group and a type of the group.

10. A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium, the computer program comprising program code means for indicating group detail information relating to group communication in a communication system, wherein the computer program performs the step of:

attaching a reference to a request to initiate said group communication, wherein said reference is referring to a list stored in a server in a network, the list comprising a group detail indicator providing information on at least an identity of a group and a type of the group.