APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A COMMUNICATION CONFERENCE

• US 20070124377A1
• Filed: 10/13/2006
• Published: 05/31/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
• Inventors: Schmidt, Holger, Schmidt, Andreas, Luft, Achim
• Application Number:
  US11/549,201
• Publication Number:
  US 20070124377A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1813 for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms instant messaging H04L51/04; protocols for multimedia communication H04L65/1101; arrangements for multi-party communication H04L65/403; telephonic conference arrangements H04M3/56; television conference systems H04N7/15

Abstract

A communication conference including at least one unambiguously identifiable conference media data flow. The access right within the communication conference is assigned by taking into consideration the conference media data flow.

Claims

1-41. -41. (canceled)

42. A method for the computer-aided assignment of an access right in a communication conference between a plurality of communication terminals to at least one communication terminal, wherein the communication conference has at least one unambiguously identifiable conference media data flow, comprising:

assigning the access right within the communication conference by taking into consideration the conference media data flow.

43. The method as claimed in claim 42, wherein the at least one conference media data flow has at least one contribution which refers to the communication conference or to another contribution in the communication conference.

44. The method as claimed in claim 42, wherein the communication conference has a plurality of unambiguously identifiable conference media data flows, further comprising assigning the access right within the communication conference by taking into consideration at least one conference media data flow of the plurality of conference media data flows.

45. The method as claimed in claim 42, further comprising assigning the access right by taking into consideration an access right request message.

46. The method as claimed in claim 45, further comprising receiving at least one access right request message.

47. The method as claimed in claim 46, wherein the at least one access right request message contains identification information for identifying the conference media data flow within which an access right is requested.

48. The method as claimed in claim 42, wherein a communication session based communication conference is used as the communication conference.

49. The method as claimed in claim 42, wherein an Internet based communication conference is used as the communication conference.

50. The method as claimed in claim 42, wherein a push to talk communication conference is used as the communication conference.

51. The method as claimed in claim 50, wherein a push to talk over cellular communication conference is used as the communication conference.

52. The method as claimed in claim 45, further comprising coding the access right request message in accordance with an access right assignment protocol.

53. The method as claimed in claim 52, further comprising coding the access right request message in accordance with the Binary Floor Control Protocol.

54. The method as claimed in claim 45, further comprising coding the access right request message in accordance with a control protocol for controlling a media data transmission protocol.

55. The method as claimed in claim 54, further comprising coding the access right request message in accordance with a real time control protocol for controlling a real time media data transmission protocol.

56. The method as claimed in claim 55, further comprising coding the access right request message in accordance with the Real Time Transport Control Protocol.

57. The method as claimed in claim 42, further comprising assigning the access right within the communication conference by a chair of the conference media data flow.

58. The method as claimed in claim 57, further comprising assigning the access right within the communication conference by the initiator of the conference media data flow.

59. The method as claimed in claim 58, further comprising assigning the access right within the communication conference by a party who has made a contribution to which contributions of the conference media data flow are related.

60. The method as claimed in claim 59, further comprising ending the conference media data flow by the initiator of the conference media data flow.

61. A method for the computer-aided generation of a communication conference message in a communication conference between a plurality of communication terminals, comprising adding to the communication conference message an identification information of a conference media data flow within the communication conference for the unambiguous identification of the conference media data flow or of a communication contribution in the conference media data flow.

62. The method as claimed in claim 61, wherein the communication conference message is an access right request message for requesting an access right.

63. The method as claimed in claim 61, wherein the communication conference message is a message flow access right authorization message, wherein the message flow access right authorization message specifies that the access right has been authorized in the message flow.

64. The method as claimed in claim 61, wherein the communication conference message is a message flow terminating message for terminating the conference media data flow.

65. The method as claimed in claim 64, further comprising generating the message flow terminating message by a chair of the conference media data flow.

66. The method as claimed in claim 61, wherein the communication conference message is a message flow access right withdrawal message for withdrawing the access right in the message flow.

67. The method as claimed in claim 66, further comprising generating the message flow access right withdrawal message by a chair of the conference media data flow.

68. The method as claimed in claim 61, wherein the communication conference message is an access right assigned message, wherein the access right assigned message specifies that the access right has been assigned.

69. The method as claimed in claim 61, wherein the at least one conference media data flow comprises at least one contribution which relates to the communication conference or to another contribution in the communication conference.

70. The method as claimed in claim 61, wherein the at least one conference media data flow comprises at least one contribution which relates to the communication conference or to another contribution in the communication conference, and wherein the communication conference message is a communication contribution released message, which specifies that the access right with regard to the communication contribution is not assigned.

71. The method as claimed in claim 61, wherein the at least one conference media data flow comprises at least one contribution which relates to the communication conference or to another contribution in the communication conference, and wherein the communication conference message is a communication contribution terminating message for terminating the communication contribution.

72. The method as claimed in claim 61, wherein the communication conference message is an access right assigned message, which specifies that the access right has been assigned, and wherein the communication conference message is a communication contribution access right withdrawal message for withdrawing the access right in the communication contribution.

73. The method as claimed in claim 61, further comprising coding the communication conference message in accordance with an access right assignment protocol.

74. The method as claimed in claim 73, further comprising coding the communication conference message in accordance with the Binary Floor Control Protocol.

75. The method as claimed in claim 61, further comprising coding the communication conference message in accordance with a control protocol for controlling a media data transmission protocol.

76. The method as claimed in claim 75, further comprising coding the communication conference message in accordance with a real time control protocol for controlling a real time media data transmission protocol.

77. The method as claimed in claim 76, further comprising coding the communication conference message in accordance with the Real Time Transport Control Protocol.

78. An access right assignment unit for assigning an access right in a communication conference between a plurality of communication terminals to at least one communication terminal,

wherein the communication conference comprises at least one unambiguously identifiable conference media data flow, and

wherein the access right assignment unit assigns the access right within the communication conference by taking into consideration the conference media data flow.

79. A communication conference server unit with an access right assignment unit as claimed in claim 78.

80. A communication conference message generating unit for the computer-aided generation of a communication conference message in a communication conference between a plurality of communication terminals, wherein an identification information of a conference media data flow within the communication conference can be added to the communication conference message for unambiguously identifying the conference media data flow.

81. A communication terminal with a communication conference message generating unit as claimed in claim 80.

82. A method for the computer-aided initialization of a conference media data flow in a communication conference between a plurality of communication terminals, comprising:

generating a conference media data flow in the communication conference; and

allocating an unambiguous identification information to the conference media data flow for the unambiguous identification of the message flow within the communication conference.