FLOOR CONTROL IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE CALLS
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1. A method of enabling a user terminal to participate in floor control operations in a telecommunications conference operating a Binary Floor Control Protocol BFCP, the method comprising the steps of:
- sending a first message from the user terminal to a gateway node, wherein the first message comprises information relating to floor control operations in the conference;
inter-working the first message received at the gateway node to generate a corresponding BFCP message; and
forwarding the BFCP message to a Floor Control function.
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Abstract
A method of enabling a user terminal to participate in floor control operations in a telecommunications conference operating a Binary Floor Control Protocol, BFCP. The method includes sending a first message from the user terminal to a gateway node. The first message includes information relating to floor control operations in the conference. The first message is inter-worked at the gateway node to generate a corresponding BFCP message. The BFCP message is forwarded to a Floor Control function.
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1. A method of enabling a user terminal to participate in floor control operations in a telecommunications conference operating a Binary Floor Control Protocol BFCP, the method comprising the steps of:
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sending a first message from the user terminal to a gateway node, wherein the first message comprises information relating to floor control operations in the conference; inter-working the first message received at the gateway node to generate a corresponding BFCP message; and forwarding the BFCP message to a Floor Control function. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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21. A method for a user terminal to participate in floor control operations in a telecommunications conference provided by a circuit-switched CS network, wherein the user terminal provides floor control signalling using a Binary Floor Control Protocol BFCP, the method comprising:
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sending a first BFCP message from the user terminal to a gateway node, wherein the first BFCP message comprises information relating to floor control operations in the conference; inter-working the first BFCP message received at the gateway node to generate a corresponding floor control message; and
, forwarding the floor control message to the CS network.
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- 22. A system for enabling a user terminal to participate in floor control operations in a telecommunications conference operating a Binary Floor Control Protocol BFCP, the system comprising a gateway node and a Floor Control Server (FCS), wherein the gateway node is configured to receive a first message from a user terminal, the first message comprising information relating to floor control operations in the conference, to inter-work the first message so as to generate a corresponding BFCP message, and to forward the BFCP message to the floor control server.
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28. A gateway function controlling a gateway that provides an interface between a circuit-switched CS network and a packet-switched PS network, the gateway function comprising:
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means for receiving a floor control request message from a user terminal, the floor control request message comprising information relating to a conference operating a Binary Floor Control Protocol BFCP; means for inter-working the floor control request message received at the gateway function to generate a corresponding BFCP message; and means for forwarding the BFCP message to a Floor Control function in the PS network. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A gateway function controlling a gateway that provides an interface between a circuit switched CS network and a packet switched PS network, the gateway function comprising:
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means for receiving a Binary Floor Control Protocol BFCP message from a user terminal, the BFCP message comprising information relating to floor control operations in a conference session provided by the CS network; means for inter-working the BFCP message so as to generate a corresponding floor control message; and
,means for forwarding the corresponding floor control message to the CS network.
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