Method and system for identifying respondent client in push-to-talk over cellular network

• US 7,623,883 B2
• Filed: 03/08/2006
• Issued: 11/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Sung, Sang-Kyung, Park, Joon-Goo
• Primary Examiner(s): Dean; Raymond S
• Application Number:
  US11/370,702
• Publication Number:
  US 20060205430A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,357 Days
• Field of Search: 455518-520, 709/227, 709/229, 726/3
• US Class Current: 455/519
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4061 Push-to services, e.g. push-to-talk or push-to-video
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/10 Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-On-Call services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/45 for Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-to-Talk over cellular [PoC] services

Abstract

A method provides information of a client making a first response to a network-initiated push-to-talk-over-cellular (PoC) group session when the network-initiated PoC group session is established. When it is determined that an event meeting session establishment criteria occurs at a server managing a session, the session management server sends an INVITE message to at least one client to participate in the session to be established. A response signal to the INVITE message is received from the at least one client. A message containing information of the client making the first response is sent to the client making a request to establish the session. Thus, a user is informed of identification information of an initial caller and information of a requested conference, thereby enabling a PoC group call to be smoothly performed.

Claims

1. A method for providing information of a client making a first response in a push-to-talk-over-cellular (PoC) network, the method comprising the steps of:

sending, by a session management server, an INVITE message to each of a plurality of clients to participate in a session to be established, when it is determined that an event meeting session establishment criteria occurs;

receiving a first response signal to the INVITE message from one of the plurality of clients; and

sending a message including information of the one of the plurality of clients making the first response to at least another of the plurality of clients, to request establishment of the session,

wherein the INVITE message includes information on a group identity of an originating side client of a session establishment requester and information on an identifier of a network-initiated session establishment requester.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of sending the INVITE message comprises

adding an isfocus tag to a contact field to indicate that a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) contained in the contact field is address information of a conference server managing a requested PoC group call, and indicating receiver information of an ad-hoc group in a resource-list field of the message.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of receiving the first response signal to the INVITE message comprises receiving a provisional response message from a terminating side session relaying server, when a Participating PoC Function (PF) relaying a terminating side session is set to an auto answer mode.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of receiving the first response signal to the INVITE message comprises receiving an OK response message from a terminating side client, when a Participating PoC Function (PF) relaying a terminating side session is set to a manual answer mode.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of sending the message including the information of the one of the plurality of clients making the first response to the at least another of the plurality of clients making the request to establish the session comprises sending information on a group identity and an identifier of a network-initiated session establishment requester to the session establishment requesting client using a Talk Burst Control Protocol (TBCP), when subscription information on network-initiated session establishment is set for a Controlling PoC Function (CF) of a session management server and an originating side client sets up a session.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the message including the information of the one of the plurality of clients making the first response to the at least another of the plurality of clients making the request to establish the session uses a Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) Control Protocol Application (RTCP APP) format.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the RTCP APP message format includes:

a field for Real-time Transport Control Protocol (RTCP)-related information including at least one of version information, packet type, sub-type information, packet length, information on the address and name of a client, and information on talk burst connection;

a field for identification information of a respondent client; and

a field for group identification information of a network-initiated session.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of sending the message including the information of the one of the plurality of clients making the first response to the at least another of the plurality of clients making the request to establish the session comprises:

sending, by a Controlling PoC Function (CF) of a session management server, information on a group identity and an identifier of a network-initiated session establishment requester to a Participating PoC Function (PF) of the session to which the session establishment requester belongs; and

sending, by the PF of the session to which the session establishment requester belongs, information on the group identity and the identifier of the network-initiated session establishment requester to the session establishment requesting client using a Talk Burst Control Protocol (TBCP).

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the INVITE message indicates the group identity through a conference-info field, and information on the client accessing a conference through a users sub-field of a conference description field.

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein the message including the information of the one of the plurality of clients making the first response to the at least another of the plurality of clients making the request to establish the session uses a Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) Control Protocol Application (RTCP APP) format.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the RTCP APP message format includes:

a field for Real-time Transport Control Protocol (RTCP)-related information including at least one of version information, packet type, sub-type information, packet length, information on the address and name of a client, and information on talk burst connection;

a field for identification information of a respondent client; and

a field for group identification information of a network-initiated session.

12. A system for providing information of a client making a first response in a push-to-talk-over-cellular (PoC) network, the system comprising:

an initiating client for requesting that a session be established;

at least one participating client for participating in the session; and

a session management server for managing the session between the initiating client and the at least one participating client, by sending an INVITE message to the initiating client and the at least one participating client to participate in the session to be established when an event meeting session establishment criteria is met, and sending a first response message including information on a first one of the initiating client and the at least one participating client to respond to the INVITE message to at least one other client that has been sent the INVITE message;

wherein the INVITE message comprises information on a group identity of an originating side client of a session establishment requester, and an identifier of a network-initiated session establishment requester.

13. The system according to claim 12, wherein the INVITE message further comprises an isfocus tag in a contact field, indicating that a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) contained in the contact field is address information of a conference server managing a requested PoC group call, and indicating receiver information of an ad-hoc group in a resource-list field of the message.

14. The system according to claim 12, wherein, when a Participating PoC Function (PF) relaying a terminating side session is set to an auto answer mode, the session management server receives a provisional response message from the terminating side session PF and processes the received message in a same manner as when a response signal is received from a terminating side client.

15. The system according to claim 12, wherein, when a PF relaying a terminating side session is set to a manual answer mode, the session management server receives an OK response message from a terminating side client and processes the received message in a same manner as when a response signal is received.

16. The system according to claim 12, wherein, when subscription information on network-initiated session establishment is set for a Controlling PoC Function (CF) of a session management server and an originating side client sets up a session, the session management server sends information on a group identity and an identifier of a network-initiated session establishment requester to a session establishment requesting client via the first response message using a Talk Burst Control Protocol (TBCP) when receiving the first response.

17. The system according to claim 16, wherein the first response message using the TBCP uses a Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) Control Protocol Application (RTCP APP) format.

18. The system according to claim 17, wherein the RTCP APP message format comprises:

a field for Real-time Transport Control Protocol (RTCP)-related information including at least one of version information, packet type, sub-type information, packet length, information on the address and name of a client, and information on talk burst connection;

a field for identification information of a respondent client; and

a field for group identification information of a network-initiated session.

19. The system according to claim 12, wherein, when receiving a response from the at least one participating client, the session management server sends information on a group identity and an identifier of a network-initiated session establishment requester from a Controlling PoC Function (CF) of the session management server to a Participating PoC Function (PF) of the session to which the session establishment requester belongs, and the PF sends information on the group identity and the identifier of the network-initiated session establishment requester to the session establishment requesting client via the first response message using a Talk Burst Control Protocol (TBCP).

20. The system according to claim 19, wherein, when the information on the group identity and the identifier of the network-initiated session establishment requester is sent to the PF, the INVITE message indicates a group identity is sent through a conference-info field belonging to the message, and indicates information on the client accessing a conference through a users sub-field of a conference description field.

21. The system according to claim 19, wherein the first response message using the TBCP uses a Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) Control Protocol Application (RTCP APP) format.

22. The system according to claim 21, wherein the RTCP APP message format comprises:

a field for Real-time Transport Control Protocol (RTCP)-related general information including at least one of version information, packet type, sub-type information, packet length, information on the address and name of a client, and information on talk burst connection;

a field for identification information of a respondent client; and

a field for group identification information of a network-initiated session.

23. The system according to claim 13, wherein the resource-list field is used to forward, to terminating PoC clients, the receiver information of the ad-hoc group, which includes an address of each PoC client connected to a session of the ad-hoc group.

24. A session management server for providing information of a first client making a response in a push-to-talk-over-cellular (PoC) network, wherein, when session establishment information received from a terminal and an event meeting session establishment criteria received from the terminal is met, the session management server sends an INVITE message to clients to participate in the session, and sends a message to the clients including information of the first client to respond to the INVITE messages

wherein, when subscription information on network-initiated session establishment is set for a Controlling PoC Function (CF) of a session management server, the session management server sends information on a group identity and an identifier of a network-initiated session establishment requester to a session establishment requesting client using a Talk Burst Control Protocol (TBCP) when receiving the response from the first client.

25. The session management server according to claim 24, wherein, when receiving a response from one of the clients, the session management server sends the information on the group identity and the identifier of the network-initiated session establishment requester from the CF of the session management sewer to a Participating PoC Function (PF) of the session to which the session establishment requester belongs, and the PF sends information on the group identity and the identifier of the network-initiated session establishment requester to the session establishment requesting client using the TBCP.