Answer modes in push-to-talk mobile communication services
First Claim
1. A method of operating a push-to-talk service over a mobile wireless communication network, where a user of a mobile wireless terminal may select an automatic or manual answer mode for incoming session invitations for at least some other users, the method comprising the steps of:
- including in a push-to-talk session invitation sent from a calling party to a called party, a manual answer mode request requesting said called party to answer an incoming session in said manual answer mode;
upon receipt of the session invitation at a push-to-talk server serving the called party,determining at said push-to-talk server that said manual answer mode request is included in said push-to-talk session invitation and forwarding the session invitation including the manual answer mode request to the called party regardless of any auto-answer mode selling for the called party stored within said server; and
receiving the session invitation at the called party, and generating an alert at the called party'"'"'s terminal.
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Abstract
A method of operating a push-to-talk service over a mobile wireless communication network, where a user of a mobile wireless terminal may select an automatic or manual answer mode for incoming session invitations for at least some other users. The method comprises including in the push-to-talk session invitation sent from a calling party to a called party, a manual answer mode request, upon receipt of the session invitation at a push-to-talk server serving the called party, forwarding the invitation including the manual answer mode request to the called party regardless of any auto-answer mode setting for the called party, and receiving the invitation at the called party, and generating a ringing alert at the called party'"'"'s terminal.
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13 Claims
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1. A method of operating a push-to-talk service over a mobile wireless communication network, where a user of a mobile wireless terminal may select an automatic or manual answer mode for incoming session invitations for at least some other users, the method comprising the steps of:
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including in a push-to-talk session invitation sent from a calling party to a called party, a manual answer mode request requesting said called party to answer an incoming session in said manual answer mode; upon receipt of the session invitation at a push-to-talk server serving the called party, determining at said push-to-talk server that said manual answer mode request is included in said push-to-talk session invitation and forwarding the session invitation including the manual answer mode request to the called party regardless of any auto-answer mode selling for the called party stored within said server; and receiving the session invitation at the called party, and generating an alert at the called party'"'"'s terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of operating a push-to-talk server within a mobile wireless communication network, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a push-to-talk invitation from a calling client terminal, the invitation including a manual answer mode request requesting a called party to answer in said manual answer mode, forwarding an incoming session request including the manual answer mode request from said push-to-talk server to a specified called client terminal regardless of any auto-answer mode setting for the called client terminal, and awaiting receipt of an answer message from the called client terminal in response to said called client terminal being alerted of said incoming session request before proceeding with session establishment. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A push-to-talk server for use in a mobile wireless communication network to provide a push-to-talk service to wireless mobile terminals, the server comprising:
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an input for receiving a push-to-talk invitation from a first wireless mobile terminal destined for a second wireless mobile terminal, where the invitation may include a manual answer mode request requesting said second wireless mobile terminal to answer said invitation in a manual answer mode; an output for forwarding a received push-to-talk invitation to said second, destination wireless mobile terminal; and a processor programmed to determine whether or not said received invitation includes said manual answer mode request and, if so and if an automatic answer mode has been set for the second wireless mobile terminal, overriding the automatic mode setting and forwarding the invitation to the second wireless terminal including the manual answer mode request via said output. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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