METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING USER PERSONALITIES FOR INTEROPERABLE PTT ACROSS SEPARATE PTT NETWORKS
First Claim
1. A method for presenting user personalities for interoperable push to talk (PTT) across a plurality of separate PTT networks, the method comprising:
- maintaining, at a gateway server device, a user personality mapping that, for each subscriber device out of a plurality of subscriber devices and for each of a plurality of separate PTT networks communicatively coupled to the gateway server device, maps a first unique source identifier used to identify the subscriber device in a first PTT network of the plurality of PTT networks with respective one or more second unique source identifiers used to identify the subscriber device in one or more other ones of the plurality of PTT networks;
receiving, at the gateway server device from a source subscriber device out of the plurality of subscriber devices while the source subscriber device is operating in the first PTT network, a transmission destined for one or more target devices in the one or more other ones of the plurality of PTT networks, the transmission including a particular first unique source identifier identifying the source subscriber device as a source of the transmission; and
for each of the one or more other ones of the plurality of PTT networks, modifying, by the gateway server device, the transmission by replacing the particular first unique source identifier used to identify the source subscriber device as the source of the transmission in the first PTT network with a respective particular second unique source identifier used to identify the source subscriber device as the source of the transmission in the other one of the plurality of PTT networks, as a function of the user personality mapping, and forwarding the corresponding modified transmission to the other one of the plurality of PTT networks.
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Abstract
User personalities are presented for interoperable push to talk (PTT) across a plurality of separate PTT networks. A gateway server device (GSD) maintains a user personality mapping that, for each subscriber device and each of a plurality of separate PTT networks communicatively coupled to the GSD, maps a first unique identifier used to identify the subscriber device in a first PTT network with respective second unique identifiers used to identify the subscriber device in other ones of the plurality of PTT networks. The GSD receives a transmission from a source subscriber device in the first PTT network destined for target subscriber devices in the other PTT networks, and modifies the transmission by replacing the first unique identifier with the respective second unique identifiers as a function of the user personality mapping, and forwards the corresponding modified transmissions to the other PTT networks.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for presenting user personalities for interoperable push to talk (PTT) across a plurality of separate PTT networks, the method comprising:
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maintaining, at a gateway server device, a user personality mapping that, for each subscriber device out of a plurality of subscriber devices and for each of a plurality of separate PTT networks communicatively coupled to the gateway server device, maps a first unique source identifier used to identify the subscriber device in a first PTT network of the plurality of PTT networks with respective one or more second unique source identifiers used to identify the subscriber device in one or more other ones of the plurality of PTT networks; receiving, at the gateway server device from a source subscriber device out of the plurality of subscriber devices while the source subscriber device is operating in the first PTT network, a transmission destined for one or more target devices in the one or more other ones of the plurality of PTT networks, the transmission including a particular first unique source identifier identifying the source subscriber device as a source of the transmission; and for each of the one or more other ones of the plurality of PTT networks, modifying, by the gateway server device, the transmission by replacing the particular first unique source identifier used to identify the source subscriber device as the source of the transmission in the first PTT network with a respective particular second unique source identifier used to identify the source subscriber device as the source of the transmission in the other one of the plurality of PTT networks, as a function of the user personality mapping, and forwarding the corresponding modified transmission to the other one of the plurality of PTT networks. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A gateway server device for presenting user personalities for interoperable push to talk (PTT) across a plurality of separate PTT networks, the device comprising:
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a memory; a transceiver; and a processor configured to; maintain a user personality mapping that, for each subscriber device out of a plurality of subscriber devices and for each of a plurality of separate PTT networks communicatively coupled to the gateway server device, maps a first unique source identifier used to identify the subscriber device in a first PTT network of the plurality of PTT networks with respective one or more second unique source identifiers used to identify the subscriber device in one or more other ones of the plurality of PTT networks; receive, via the transceiver from a source subscriber device out of the plurality of subscriber devices while the source subscriber device is operating in the first PTT network, a transmission destined for target devices in the one or more other ones of the plurality of PTT networks, the transmission including a particular first unique source identifier identifying the source subscriber device as a source of the transmission; and for each of the one or more other ones of the plurality of PTT networks, modify the transmission by replacing the particular first unique source identifier used to identify the source subscriber device as the source of the transmission in the first PTT network with a respective particular second unique source identifier used to identify the source subscriber device as the source of the transmission in the other one of the plurality of PTT networks, as a function of the user personality mapping, and forward, via the transceiver, the corresponding modified transmission to the other one of the plurality of PTT networks. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A subscriber device for enabling the presentation of user personalities for interoperable push to talk (PTT) across a plurality of separate PTT networks, the subscriber device comprising:
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a memory; a transceiver; and a processor configured to; register, via the transceiver, with a first PTT network of the plurality of PTT networks using a first unique source identifier used to identify the subscriber device in the first PTT network, and during the registering or subsequent thereto, transmit mapping information that maps the first unique source identifier used to identify the subscriber device in the first PTT network with respective second unique source identifiers used to identify the subscriber device in one or more other ones of the plurality of PTT networks; and transmit, via the transceiver via the first PTT network, a transmission destined for target devices in the one or more other ones of the plurality of PTT networks, the transmission including the first unique source identifier of the subscriber device.
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