Architecture, client specification and application programming interface (API) for supporting advanced voice services (AVS) including push to talk on wireless handsets and networks
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1. An apparatus for providing group voice services in a wireless network, comprising:
- a mobile unit for communicating with a wireless network in order to provide group voice services with other mobile units;
the wireless network including a real-time exchange to provide the group voice services therein;
both the real-time exchange and the mobile unit providing the group voice services using call setup and in-band signaling within the wireless network;
the real-time exchange switching the voice frames for the group voice services from an originating mobile unit to all terminating mobile units across bearer paths in the wireless network;
the mobile unit executing a client application therein for performing the call setup and in-band signaling with the wireless network for the group voice services; and
the mobile unit executing a presence/group management application therein for performing presence and group management functions related to the group voice services in the mobile unit.
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Abstract
An architecture, client specification and application programming interface (API) for supporting advanced voice services (AVS) for use in handsets in order to support advanced voice services (AVS) for wireless communications systems. The handset or mobile unit executes a client application therein for performing the call setup and in-band signaling with the wireless network for the group voice services, and executes a presence/group management application therein for performing presence and group management functions related to the group voice services in the mobile unit.
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1. An apparatus for providing group voice services in a wireless network, comprising:
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a mobile unit for communicating with a wireless network in order to provide group voice services with other mobile units; the wireless network including a real-time exchange to provide the group voice services therein; both the real-time exchange and the mobile unit providing the group voice services using call setup and in-band signaling within the wireless network; the real-time exchange switching the voice frames for the group voice services from an originating mobile unit to all terminating mobile units across bearer paths in the wireless network; the mobile unit executing a client application therein for performing the call setup and in-band signaling with the wireless network for the group voice services; and the mobile unit executing a presence/group management application therein for performing presence and group management functions related to the group voice services in the mobile unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of providing group voice services in a wireless network, comprising:
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communicating between a mobile unit and a wireless network in order to provide group voice services with other mobile units, wherein the wireless network includes a real-time exchange to provide the group voice services therein and both the real-time exchange and the mobile unit provide the group voice services using call setup and in-band signaling within the wireless network; switching the voice frames for the group voice services in the real-time exchange from an originating mobile unit to all terminating mobile units across bearer paths in the wireless network; executing a client application in the mobile unit for performing the call setup and in-band signaling with the wireless network for the group voice services; and executing a presence/group management application in the mobile unit for performing presence and group management functions related to the group voice services in the mobile unit. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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