Methods and Apparatus for Push to Talk Type Service
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A method and apparatus for processing a floor request in a push to talk type service in which a floor is required for a first terminal to distribute media to a second terminal. The first terminal sends a floor request message to a PoC Server. The message relates to at least two different types of media content and indicates how and to what extent the granting or denial of the different media types interrelate. The message may indicate, for example, that if a first media type is denied, the others should be denied; or that the granting or denial of the first media type should not affect the other media types. The message may also indicate other conditions and relationships. The PoC Server processes the request based on the indicated interrelationships and/or conditions, and grants or denies each media type.
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30. A method of requesting a floor in a push to talk type service in which the floor is required for a first terminal to distribute media content to a second terminal participating in a push to talk type session, said method comprising the steps of:
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creating in the first terminal, a floor request message relating to at least two different types of media content, wherein the floor request message indicates, for a given media type, a manner or extent to which the allowance or denial of the request relating to the given media type affects or depends upon the request relating to at least one other media type; and sending the floor request message from the first terminal to a server controlling the push to talk type session. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method of requesting a floor in a push to talk type service in which the floor is required for a first terminal to distribute media content to a second terminal participating in a push to talk type session, said method comprising the steps of:
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creating in the first terminal, a floor request message relating to at least two different types of media content, wherein the floor request message indicates, for each of the media types, which terminal is designated to provide that media type over the floor, should the request relating to that media type be allowed; and sending the floor request message from the first terminal to a server controlling the push to talk type session. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. An apparatus for requesting a floor in a push to talk type service in which the floor is required for a first terminal to distribute media content to a second terminal participating in a push to talk type session, said apparatus comprising:
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means for creating in the first terminal, a floor request message relating to at least two different types of media content, wherein the floor request message indicates, for a given media type, a manner or extent to which the allowance or denial of the request relating to the given media type affects or depends upon the request relating to at least one other media type; and means for sending the floor request message from the first terminal to a server controlling the push to talk type session.
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48. A method of processing a floor request message in a push to talk type service, in which a floor is required for a terminal to distribute media content to another terminal participating in a push to talk type session, said method comprising the steps of:
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receiving from a first terminal, a floor request message relating to at least two different types of media content, wherein the floor request message indicates, for a given media type, a manner or extent to which the allowance or denial of the request relating to the given media type affects or depends upon the request relating to at least one other media type; and granting or denying the floor request for each media type based on the indicated effects or dependencies in the floor request message.
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49. An apparatus for processing a floor request message in a push to talk type service, in which a floor is required for a terminal to distribute media content to another terminal participating in a push to talk type session, said apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving from a first terminal, a floor request message relating to at least two different types of media content, wherein the floor request message indicates, for a given media type, a manner or extent to which the allowance or denial of the request relating to the given media type affects or depends upon the request relating to at least one other media type; and means for granting or denying the floor request for each media type based on the indicated effects or dependencies in the floor request message.
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50. An apparatus for requesting a floor in a push to talk type service in which the floor is required for a first terminal to distribute media content to a second terminal participating in a push to talk type session, said apparatus comprising:
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means for creating in the first terminal, a floor request message relating to at least two different types of media content, wherein the floor request message indicates, for each of the media types, which terminal is designated to provide that media type over the floor, should the request relating to that media type be allowed; and means sending the floor request message from the first terminal to a server controlling the push to talk type session.
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