ENHANCED GROUP ADVERTISEMENT TO ALLOW REJECTION AND RECEIVE GROUP MEMBER DETAILS

• US 20080005232A1
• Filed: 06/28/2006
• Published: 01/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications USA Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications USA Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: FENG, Hui
• Application Number:
  US11/427,016
• Publication Number:
  US 20080005232A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• 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 76/45 for Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-to-Talk over cellular [PoC] services

Abstract

Disclosed is a system, method and computer application for unambiguously identifying electronic equipment and/or users prior to requiring an invited user in a push-to-talk (PTT) and/or push-to-talk over cellular (PoC) type communications to join a group session in which the user was invited. An invitation is transmitted to a plurality of members by a first associated electronic equipment to join a PTT and/or PoC group session. The invitation generally includes member information relating to the members receiving the invitation. The member information is presented to the invited users. The electronic equipment of the invited users receive user input to accept and/or reject the invitation to join the group session based at least in part on the portion of the member information presented to the associated user. A session group is formed based on the electronic equipment accepting the invitation.

Claims

1. A method for establishing a group session, the method comprising:

receiving an invitation from an inviting associated electronic equipment to join a group session, wherein the invitation includes member information relating to a plurality of members receiving the invitation;

presenting at least a portion of the member information to an associated user of an invited electronic equipment;

receiving user input from the associated user of the electronic equipment to accept or reject the invitation to join the group session based at least in part on the portion of the member information presented to the associated user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the group session is a push to talk group session.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the group session is a push to talk over cellular group session.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the member information is embedded in the invitation.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the member information is in the form of XML code.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the member information includes a user friendly designation of at least one of the plurality of members.

The method of claim 4, wherein the member information includes a user friendly designation of at least one of the plurality of members.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the member information includes a session initiation protocol uniform resource identifier associated with at least one of the plurality of members.

8. The method of claim 1 further including transmitting a rejection of the invitation to the associated first electronic equipment;

9. The method of claim 8 further including rejecting information in the rejection, wherein the rejecting information includes a reason for rejecting the invitation to join the group session.

10. A method for establishing a group session, the method comprising:

transmitting an invitation to a plurality of associated electronic equipment to join a group session from an inviting electronic equipment, wherein the invitation includes member information associated with users of the plurality of associated electronic equipment;

receiving a response from at least a portion of the associated electronic equipment, wherein the response includes either an acceptance or rejection of the invitation; and

forming a group session based on the electronic equipment that accepted the invitation.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the group session is a push to talk group session.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the group session is a push to talk over cellular group session.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the member information is in the form of XML code.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the member information includes a user friendly designation of at least one user of the plurality of electronic equipment.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the member information includes a user friendly designation associated with each user of the plurality of electronic equipment.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the invitation includes a session initiation protocol uniform resource identifier associated with each of the plurality of members.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein at least one response includes a rejection of the invitation to join the group session.

18. The method of claim 17 further including rejection information, wherein the rejection information includes a reason for rejecting the invitation to join the group session.

19. A computer program stored on a machine readable medium, the program being suitable for use in an electronic equipment having an push to talk over cellular application, wherein when the electronic equipment transmits an invitation to a group of electronic equipment, wherein the invitation includes member information associated with invitation, at least one member of the group may view the member information and reject the invitation based at least in part on the portion of the member information viewed by the at least member of the group.

20. The computer program of claim 19, wherein the member information is embedded in the invitation.