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Wireless push-to-talk internet broadcast

  • US 6,360,093 B1
  • Filed: 08/02/1999
  • Issued: 03/19/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/05/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An Internet, Intranet, or Extranet server, wherein:

  • (a) the Internet, Intranet, or Extranet server includes means for storing a plurality of Internet, or Intranet or Extranet, addresses; and

    (b) the server is characterized in that it includes;

    (1) means for receiving an indication that a push-to-talk (PTT) button has been depressed at a wireless telephone at each address;

    (2) means for determining whether more than one wireless telephone has a depressed PTT button indication;

    (3) means, responsive to more than one wireless telephone having a depressed PTT button indication, for arbitrating which wireless telephone is allowed to place a streaming voice data message on the server;

    (4) means for placing a streaming voice data message on the server from the arbitrated wireless telephone or from a sole wireless telephone;

    (5) means for sending the placed data to the wireless telephones at the other addresses; and

    (6) means for dynamically grouping wireless telephones and networked computers into conferences.

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