Communication Apparatus, Server Apparatus, and Communication Control Method
First Claim
1. A communication apparatus comprises:
- a communication unit configured to perform group communication;
an input unit configured to input an instruction, a report unit; and
a control unit configured to make the communication unit perform the group communication if the communication unit receives a start notice of group communication and an instruction of participation in the group communication is input from the input unit, wherein;
when the communication unit receives the start notice of group communication, the control unit makes the report unit report the reception of the start notice and,when a participation instruction is not input from the input unit with respect to the report, the control unit makes the report unit report that the group communication is in progress until the group communication ends.
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Abstract
A communication apparatus capable of reporting that there is group communication for which start notice has been received, but no response has been sent and facilitating checking of whether the group communication is in progress and its communication control method are provided. When a communication unit (102) receives a start notice of PTT (push to talk) communication, an operation reporting the reception of the start notice (such as display of a message on a display unit (107)) is performed. If no instruction to participate in the PTT communication is input from a key input unit (103) with respect to this report operation, a message indicating that the PTT communication is in progress is displayed on the display unit (107) until an end notice of PTT communication is received at the communication unit (102). Thus, it is possible to accurately obtain a grasp of the existence of any unanswered PTT communication for which a start notice has been received, but no response has been returned and facilitated checking that the PTT communication is in progress.
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15 Claims
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1. A communication apparatus comprises:
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a communication unit configured to perform group communication; an input unit configured to input an instruction, a report unit; and a control unit configured to make the communication unit perform the group communication if the communication unit receives a start notice of group communication and an instruction of participation in the group communication is input from the input unit, wherein; when the communication unit receives the start notice of group communication, the control unit makes the report unit report the reception of the start notice and, when a participation instruction is not input from the input unit with respect to the report, the control unit makes the report unit report that the group communication is in progress until the group communication ends. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A communication apparatus comprises:
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a communicating means configured to engage in group communication; an inputting means configured to input an instruction; a reporting means; a group communication controlling means configured to make the communication unit engage in group communication if the communication unit has received a start notice of group communication and received as input an instruction of participation in group communication from the input unit in a predetermined time; and a report controlling means configured to make said report unit report the reception of the start notice when said communication unit has received the start notice of the group communication, and make the report unit report that the group communication is in progress during a period until the communication unit receives the end notice of the group communication when no participation instruction is input from the input unit in a predetermined time from the reception.
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15. A communication control method operating in a communication apparatus comprising a communication unit, an instruction input unit, and a report unit and engaging in group communication by the communication unit if an instruction of participation in group communication is input from the instruction input unit when the communication unit receives a start notice of group communication,
the communication control method including the steps of: -
reporting by the report unit the reception of a start notice when a start notice of group communication is received; and reporting by the report unit that group communication is in progress during a period until the communication unit receives an end notice of group communication when no participation instruction is input from the input unit with respect to the report.
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