System and method for changing a talk group of a mobile communication terminal

• US 7,643,840 B2
• Filed: 12/30/2005
• Issued: 01/05/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/08/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Shim, Jae-Sung
• Primary Examiner(s): LEE, JOHN J
• Application Number:
  US11/320,828
• Publication Number:
  US 20060154682A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,467 Days
• Field of Search: 455/519, 455/520, 455/456.1, 455/518, 455/456.5, 455/517, 455/416, 455/452.1, 455/415, 455/420, 455/446, 455/514
• US Class Current: 455/519
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/08 User group management
• 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 system and method for changing a talk group of a mobile communication terminal, which includes a PTT (Push To Talk) server and a mobile communication terminal is described. The PTT server is configured to transmit a message requesting the mobile communication terminal to change a talk group based on a location of the mobile communication terminal. The mobile communication terminal is configured to transmit a message approving change of the talk group.

Claims

1. A system for changing a default talk group of a mobile communication terminal, the system comprising:

a server; and

a mobile communication terminal,

wherein at least one of the server and the mobile communication terminal includes a memory configured to store talk group information including at least first and second predefined talk groups, mobile communication terminals included in the first and second talk groups, and geographical locations corresponding to each of the first and second talk groups,

wherein the server is configured to receive a current location of the mobile communication terminal, transmit a message requesting the mobile communication terminal to change a default talk group of the mobile communication terminal from the first talk group to the second talk group when the server determines the location of the mobile communication terminal is in a geographical location corresponding to the second talk group and being defined in the stored talk group information, and

wherein the mobile communication terminal is further configured to transmit a message to the server either approving or disapproving of a change to the default talk group.

2. The system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a network node configured to receive the location of the mobile communication terminal and to transmit the location of the mobile communication terminal to the server.

3. The system according to claim 2, wherein the network node comprises a base station and a base station controller.

4. The system according to claim 2, wherein the location of the mobile communication terminal is determined by a base station and transmitted to the network node.

5. The system according to claim 4, wherein the mobile communication terminal is further configured to transmit its location to the base station.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the mobile communication terminal is further configured to display a message indicating a request to change the default talk group in response to receiving the message transmitted from the server.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein the mobile communication terminal is further configured to transmit the message approving or disapproving the change to the default talk group in response to a user input.

8. The system according to claim 1, wherein the server comprises a PTT (Push To Talk) server.

9. A method for changing a default talk group of a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising:

storing, in at least one of a memory of a server and a memory of the mobile communication terminal, talk group information including at least first and second predefined talk groups, mobile communication terminals included in the first and second talk groups, and geographical locations corresponding to each of the first and second talk groups,

receiving, by the server, a current location of the mobile communication terminal;

transmitting, by the server, a message to the mobile communication terminal requesting the mobile communication terminal to change a default talk group of the mobile communication terminal from the first talk group to the second talk group when the server determines the location of the mobile communication terminal is in a geographical location corresponding to the second talk group and being defined in the stored talk group information; and

transmitting, by the mobile communication terminal, a message to the server either approving or disapproving of a change to the default talk group.

10. The method according to claim 9, further comprising:

receiving, by a network node, the location of the mobile communication terminal; and

transmitting, by the network node, the location of the mobile communication terminal to the server.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the network node comprises a base station and a base station controller.

12. The method according to claim 10, wherein the location of the mobile communication terminal is determined by a base station and transmitted to the network node.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the mobile communication terminal transmits its location to the base station.

14. The method according to claim 9, further comprising:

displaying on a display of the mobile terminal, a message indicating a request to change the default talk group in response to receiving the message transmitted from the server.

15. The method according to claim 9, wherein the mobile communication terminal transmits the message approving or disapproving the change to the default talk group in response to a user input.

16. The method according to claim 9, wherein the server comprises a PTT (Push To Talk) server.

17. A mobile communication terminal, comprising:

a memory configured to store talk group information including at least first and second predefined talk groups, mobile communication terminals included in the first and second talk groups, and geographical locations corresponding to each of the first and second talk groups; and

a transceiver configured to transmit location information to a server about a current location of the mobile communication terminal, to receive from the server a message requesting the mobile communication terminal to change a default talk group of the mobile communication terminal from the first talk group to the second talk group when the server determines the location of the mobile communication terminal is in a geographical location corresponding to the second talk group and being defined in the stored talk group information, and to transmit a message to the server either approving or disapproving of a change to the default talk group.

18. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 17, wherein the transceiver is further configured to first transmit the location information of the mobile communication terminal to a base station, and the base station then transmits the location information to the server.

19. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 17, further comprising:

a display configured to display a message indicating a request to change the default talk group in response to receiving the message transmitted from the server.

20. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 17, further comprising:

an input unit configured to input the message approving or disapproving the change to the default talk group.

21. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 17, wherein the server comprises a PTT (Push To Talk) server.