Push-to-transfer (PTX) content from remote site

• US 20060271636A1
• Filed: 05/25/2005
• Published: 11/30/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Balasuriya, Senaka
• Application Number:
  US11/136,983
• Publication Number:
  US 20060271636A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/18 for broadcast or conference , e.g. multicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4061 Push-to services, e.g. push-to-talk or push-to-video
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/10 Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-On-Call services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/30 Resource management for broadcast services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/45 for Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-to-Talk over cellular [PoC] services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/205 Transfer to or from user equipment or user record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/10 adapted for application session management, e.g. SIP [Session Initiation Protocol] connection management H04W76/00; arrangements for session management H04L67/14

Abstract

A push-to-transfer session server (200) including a content sharing request receiving entity for sharing request receiving entity for receiving a content sharing request from a push-to transfer session participating terminal, a content retrieval entity (220) that obtains content from a location other than from the terminal from which the content sharing request was received, and an entity (250) for sharing the content obtained with a push-to-transfer session participating terminal other than the terminal from which the sharing request was received. In some embodiments the server includes a content storage entity for storing content to be shared with push-to-transfer session participating terminals.

Claims

1. A method in a push-to-transfer session server, the method comprising:

receiving a request from a push-to-transfer session terminal to share content with another push-to-transfer session terminal;

obtaining the content from a location other than from the terminal from which the request is received;

sharing the content obtained by the push-to-transfer server with the other push-to-transfer session terminal.

2. The method of claim 1,

receiving the request from a push-to-transfer session terminal to share content with another push-to-transfer session terminal when the terminal from which the request was received holds a push-to-transfer session floor.

3. The method of claim 2, sharing the content with the terminal from which the request was received.

4. The method of claim 1, receiving the request includes receiving at least one of information identifying the content to be shared and information identifying the location of the content to be shared.

5. The method of claim 1, receiving the request with a push-to-transfer session floor request from the terminal from which the request was received.

6. The method of claim 5,

granting the push-to-transfer session floor to the terminal from which the request was received,

sharing the content obtained by the push-to-transfer server with the other push-to-transfer session terminal after granting the floor to the terminal from which the request was received.

7. The method of claim 1, receiving the request with a push-to-transfer session initiation request.

8. The method of claim 7,

establishing the push-to-transfer session in response to receiving the request,

sharing the content obtained by the push-to-transfer server with the other push-to-transfer session terminal after establishing the push-to-transfer session.

9. The method of claim 7,

sending a push-to-transfer session initiation request to the other push-to-transfer session terminal after receiving the request,

sharing the content includes sharing the content with the push-to-transfer session initiation request sent to the other push-to-transfer terminal.

10. The method of claim 7,

obtaining the content from a location other than from the terminal from which the request is received includes obtaining a link to the content,

sharing the content includes one of

sending the link to the other push-to-transfer session terminal with the initiation request sent to the other push-to-transfer terminal, and

sending the link to the other push-to-transfer session terminal after establishing the push-to-transfer session.

11. The method of claim 1,

obtaining the content to be shared from a location other than the push-to-transfer server based on information in the request before sharing the content with the other push-to-transfer session terminals.

12. The method of claim 1, sharing the content includes determining at least one multicast address to share the content and sharing the content via multicast.

13. The method of claim 1,

obtaining the content from a location other than from the terminal from which the request is received includes obtaining a link to the content,

sharing the content includes sharing the link obtained by the push-to-transfer server with the other push-to-transfer session terminal.

14. The method of claim 1,

setting up a push-to-transfer session before receiving the request, and

providing a floor grant to the terminal from which the request was received before obtaining the content.

15. The method of claim 1,

sending the request to another push-to-transfer session terminal after obtaining the content,

setting up a push-to-transfer session after sending the initiation request, and

sharing the content after setting up the push-to-transfer session.

16. A method in a push-to-transfer session participating terminal, the method comprising:

sending a push-to-transfer initiation request to a push-to-transfer server,

the push-to-transfer initiation request including information identifying information that should be provided by the push-to-transfer server to at least one other push-to-transfer session participating terminal.

17. The method of claim 16,

sending the push-to-transfer initiation request to the push-to-transfer server,

the push-to-transfer initiation request including information identifying one of:

content at a location other than the terminal sending the initiation request that should be provided by the push-to-transfer server to the at least one other push-to-transfer session participating terminal, and a link to content that should be provided to the at least one other push-to-transfer session participating terminal.

18. A push-to-transfer session server, comprising:

a content sharing request receiving entity, the content sharing request receiving entity for receiving a content sharing request from a push-to transfer session participating terminal;

a content retrieval entity that obtains content from a location other than from the terminal from which the content sharing request was received;

an entity for sharing the content obtained with a push-to-transfer session participating terminal other than the terminal from which the sharing request was received.

19. The server of claim 18, further comprising a content storage entity for storing content to be shared with the push-to-transfer session participating terminal other than the terminal from which the sharing request was received.

20. The server of claim 18, further comprising a media management entity sharing the content with push-to-transfer session participating terminals other than the terminal from which the sharing request was received.