EXCHANGING FLOOR ARBITRATION HISTORY INFORMATION DURING A COMMUNICATION SESSION
First Claim
1. A method of operating a communication device associated with a communication session with a communication group, comprising:
- recording a floor arbitration history that tracks one or more floor grants and one or more floor denials that occur while a first device is performing a floor arbitration function for the communication session with the communication group; and
transmitting some or all of the floor arbitration history to a second device during the communication session.
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Abstract
In an embodiment, a communication device (e.g., a current floor arbitrator of the session, a proxy device, etc.) records a floor arbitration history that tracks one or more floor grants and one or more floor denials that occur while a first device is performing a floor arbitration function for the communication session with the communication group, and transmits some or all of the floor arbitration history to a second device during the communication session. The second device (e.g., a new floor arbitrator for the session, a late or re-joining participant to the communication session, etc.) participates in the communication session based at least in part upon the received floor arbitration history (e.g., by factoring the received floor arbitration history into future floor-related decisions, by selectively requesting particular missed portions of the communication session, etc.).
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47 Claims
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1. A method of operating a communication device associated with a communication session with a communication group, comprising:
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recording a floor arbitration history that tracks one or more floor grants and one or more floor denials that occur while a first device is performing a floor arbitration function for the communication session with the communication group; and transmitting some or all of the floor arbitration history to a second device during the communication session. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of operating a communication device associated with a communication session with a communication group, comprising:
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receiving some or all of a floor arbitration history that indicates one or more floor grants and one or more floor denials that occurred while another device performed a floor arbitration function for the communication session; and participating in the communication session based at least in part upon the received floor arbitration history. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A communication device associated with a communication session with a communication group, comprising:
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means for recording a floor arbitration history that tracks one or more floor grants and one or more floor denials that occur while a first device is performing a floor arbitration function for the communication session with the communication group; and means for transmitting some or all of the floor arbitration history to a second device during the communication session. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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33. A communication device associated with a communication session with a communication group, comprising:
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means for receiving some or all of a floor arbitration history that indicates one or more floor grants and one or more floor denials that occurred while another device performed a floor arbitration function for the communication session; and means for participating in the communication session based at least in part upon the received floor arbitration history. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35)
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36. A communication device associated with a communication session with a communication group, comprising:
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logic configured to record a floor arbitration history that tracks one or more floor grants and one or more floor denials that occur while a first device is performing a floor arbitration function for the communication session with the communication group; and logic configured to transmit some or all of the floor arbitration history to a second device during the communication session. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38)
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39. A communication device associated with a communication session with a communication group, comprising:
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logic configured to receive some or all of a floor arbitration history that indicates one or more floor grants and one or more floor denials that occurred while another device performed a floor arbitration function for the communication session; and logic configured to participate in the communication session based at least in part upon the received floor arbitration history. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41)
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42. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a communication device associated with a communication session with a communication group, cause the communication device to perform operations, the instructions comprising:
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at least one instruction to cause the communication device to record a floor arbitration history that tracks one or more floor grants and one or more floor denials that occur while a first device is performing a floor arbitration function for the communication session with the communication group; and at least one instruction to cause the communication device to transmit some or all of the floor arbitration history to a second device during the communication session. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44)
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45. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a communication device associated with a communication session with a communication group, cause the communication device to perform operations, the instructions comprising:
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at least one instruction to cause the communication device to receive some or all of a floor arbitration history that indicates one or more floor grants and one or more floor denials that occurred while another device performed a floor arbitration function for the communication session; and at least one instruction to cause the communication device to participate in the communication session based at least in part upon the received floor arbitration history. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47)
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