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System and Method for Elastic Scaling in a Push to Talk (PTT) Platform using User Affinity Groups

  • US 20160205519A1
  • Filed: 01/13/2016
  • Published: 07/14/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, by a first push-to-talk (PTT) service hosted on a processor, a session initiation request from a PTT client of a user;

    identifying, by the first PTT service, a user affinity group of the user, wherein the user is assigned to the user affinity group in accordance with a prediction the user will communicate with first users in the user affinity group more frequently than second users in different user affinity groups; and

    determining, by the first PTT service, a PTT call server for the user affinity group, wherein the PTT call server serves the user and the first users belonging to the user affinity group.

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