System and method for queueing and moderating group talk
First Claim
1. In a system adapted to deliver walkie-talkie-like communications capabilities within a talk group of wireless devices such that within the group, a single wireless device is given transmit capability while all other devices have a receive capability, a method for a moderator wireless device having a user interface which includes a display and a talk button for participation in group talk sessions in a wireless network, the moderator wireless device being adapted to perform talk order control of a group talk session by:
- receiving, at the moderator wireless device via the wireless network, on an ongoing basis during the group talk session, requests for the transmit capability from the wireless devices which are relayed by a message controller via the wireless network;
displaying, in the display, a list of identifiers of the wireless devices that have transmitted the requests for the transmit capability;
maintaining, on an ongoing basis during the group talk session, a record of the received requests that are outstanding; and
granting, from the moderator wireless device via the wireless network, requests for the transmit capability based on the record of the received requests that are outstanding.
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Abstract
Systems of methods for performing queued and moderated talk groups in a system featuring network provided half duplex communications talk group sessions. For queuing, rather than dropping a talk request from a user which is listening, the request is forwarded to the network and maintained in a list which is the used to grant access to the talk channel. For moderated talk groups, a wireless device is designated to be a moderator network device. The requests for the talk channel are then forwarded to the moderator network device. The moderator network device is equipped with functionality allowing a user of the device to select the order in which devices are granted the talk channel. In other implementations, meta-groups are provided, and rules of order for talk group sessions are implemented.
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29 Claims
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1. In a system adapted to deliver walkie-talkie-like communications capabilities within a talk group of wireless devices such that within the group, a single wireless device is given transmit capability while all other devices have a receive capability, a method for a moderator wireless device having a user interface which includes a display and a talk button for participation in group talk sessions in a wireless network, the moderator wireless device being adapted to perform talk order control of a group talk session by:
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receiving, at the moderator wireless device via the wireless network, on an ongoing basis during the group talk session, requests for the transmit capability from the wireless devices which are relayed by a message controller via the wireless network; displaying, in the display, a list of identifiers of the wireless devices that have transmitted the requests for the transmit capability; maintaining, on an ongoing basis during the group talk session, a record of the received requests that are outstanding; and granting, from the moderator wireless device via the wireless network, requests for the transmit capability based on the record of the received requests that are outstanding. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for a moderator wireless device adapted to moderate a network-delivered walkie-talkie-like communications session between a plurality of wireless devices via a wireless network, the moderator wireless device having a user interface which includes a display and a talk button for participation in communication sessions in the wireless network, the method comprising:
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granting, by the moderator wireless device via the wireless network for the communications session, a transmit capability to one of the wireless devices and a listen privilege to remaining wireless devices; receiving, at the moderator wireless device via the wireless network, transmit channel request messages for the transmit capability from wireless devices having the listen privilege; displaying, in the display, a list of identifiers of the wireless devices that have transmitted the transmit channel request messages; and granting, by the moderator wireless device, the transmit capability to one of the wireless devices based on the requests for the transmit capability by sending, via the wireless network, a clear-to-talk message for the wireless device. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A wireless communication device adapted to moderate a network delivered walkie-talkie-like communications session between a plurality of wireless devices via a wireless network, the wireless communication device comprising:
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a processing element; a user interface which includes a display and a talk button for participation in communication sessions in the wireless network; a message reception element coupled to the processing element and adapted to receive messages via the wireless network; a message transmission element coupled to the processing element and adapted to transmit messages via the wireless network; the processing element being operative to; grant, via the message transmission element for the communications session, a transmit capability to one of the wireless devices and a listen privilege to remaining wireless devices; receive, via the message reception element, transmit channel request messages for the transmit capability from wireless devices having the listen privilege; displaying in the display, a list of identifiers of the wireless devices that have transmitted the requests for the transmit capability; and grant the transmit capability to one of the wireless devices based on the requests for the transmit capability by sending, via the message transmission element, a clear-to-talk message for the wireless device. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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Specification