Content formatting and device configuration in group communication sessions

• US 20060073843A1
• Filed: 10/01/2004
• Published: 04/06/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Binzel, Charles P., Kotzin, Michael D., Black, Greg R., Willis, Lawrence A., Aerrabotu, Naveen
• Application Number:
  US10/956,281
• Publication Number:
  US 20060073843A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/519
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25825 involving client display capabilities, e.g. screen resolution of a mobile phone optimising the visualisation of content during browsing in the Internet G06F16/9577; processing of terminal status or physical abilities in wireless networks H04W8/22; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/440263 by altering the spatial resolution, e.g. for displaying on a connected PDA
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6131 involving transmission via a mobile phone network wireless downlink channel access H04W74/006
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6582 Data stored in the client, e.g. viewing habits, hardware capabilities, credit card number arrangements where receivers interact with the broadcast H04H20/38
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/08 Trunked mobile radio systems

Abstract

A method in a communication network entity, for example, a push-to-talk/anything server, for content sharing in a group communication session including obtaining (210) participant information from a plurality of group participants, determining (220) common group information based on the group participant information obtained, and sending (230) the common group information to the group participants, wherein the group participants format content based on the common group information before communicating content to other participants of the group session.

Claims

1. A method in a wireless communication device in a group communication session, the method comprising:

obtaining a common group content information for group communication session participants;

formatting content, at the wireless communication device, based on the common group content information obtained.

2. The method of claim 1, operating the wireless communication device in a one-half duplex mode during the group communication session.

3. The method of claim 1, obtaining the common group content information for the group communication session participants by negotiating with the group communication session participants via a network server.

4. The method of claim 3, re-negotiating the common group content information with other group communication session participants if there is a change in group communication session participants.

5. The method of claim 3, negotiating the common group content information with the other group communication session participants includes negotiating a common group content resolution with the group communication session participants via a network server.

6. The method of claim 1,

configuring a camera engine on the wireless communication device based on the common group content information obtained,

generating camera-based content at the wireless communication device after configuring the camera engine,

formatting the camera-based content based on the common group content information obtained.

7. The method of claim 1,

obtaining the group content characteristic includes obtaining a content encoding format for the group communication session participants;

formatting content includes encoding content based on the content encoding format obtained.

8. The method of claim 1,

obtaining the common group content information includes determining the common group content information at the wireless communication device based on group participant information obtained from a group communication session server.

9. The method of claim 1,

obtaining the common group content information for the group communication session participants from a group communication session server.

10. A method in a wireless communication device, the method comprising:

obtaining content capability information for another communication terminal;

configuring a camera engine on the wireless communication device based on the content capability information.

11. The method of claim 10,

generating camera-based content at the wireless communication device after configuring the camera engine,

formatting the camera-based content based on the content capability information obtained.

12. The method of claim 10, obtaining the content capability information includes obtaining common content resolution information based on content resolution capability information from individual participants in a group communication session.

13. The method of claim 12, obtaining the common content resolution information includes obtaining one of common still image display size information and common video image data rate information.

14. A method in a communication network entity for content sharing in a group communication session, the method comprising:

obtaining participant information, from a plurality of group communication session participants, at the communication network entity;

determining common group information based on the group communication session participant information obtained;

sending the common group information to at least one group communication session participant.

15. The method of claim 14,

sending the common group information to all group communication session participants from which participant information was received.

16. The method of claim 14,

determining the common group information includes selecting a common group content resolution capable of being displayed by all group communication session participants.

17. The method of claim 14,

determining the common group information includes selecting a common group content resolution capable of being displayed by a group communication session participant having a lowest content expression capability.

18. The method of claim 14,

determining the common group information includes determining one of common still image display size and common video image data rate.

19. A method in a wireless communication device, the method comprising:

negotiating with another entity;

configuring an accessory of the wireless communication device based on the negotiation with another entity.

20. The method of claim 19, configuring the accessory of the wireless communication device includes configuring a camera based on the negotiation with another entity.

21. The method of claim 19, operating the wireless communication device in a group communication session while negotiating.

22. The method of claim 21, operating the wireless communication device in a one-half duplex mode during the group communication session.

23. A method in a wireless communication terminal in a group communication session, the method comprising:

obtaining capability information for each of several other group communication session participants;

uniquely formatting content for each of several other group communication session participants based on the corresponding capability information obtained from each of the other group communication session participants;

sending the uniquely formatted content to each of the other group communication session participants.

24. The method of claim 23, obtaining the capability information for each of several other group communication session participants from a push-to-talk server upon attaching to the group communication session.