PoC system and method for distributing media data in PoC

• US 7,756,541 B2
• Filed: 01/02/2006
• Issued: 07/13/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Inventors: Lai, Fang-Ming, Wang, Mu-Liang, Wang, Chun-Chieh, Liao, Yien-Chang
• Primary Examiner(s): Maung; Nay A
• Assistant Examiner(s): PEREZ, ANGELICA
• Application Number:
  US11/306,552
• Publication Number:
  US 20070124492A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,653 Days
• Field of Search: 455518-521, 370/327, 370260-261
• US Class Current: 455/518
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4061 Push-to services, e.g. push-to-talk or push-to-video
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/611 for multicast or broadcast systems for broadcast or conference H04L12/18; arrangements for broadcast or distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/00; arrangements for broadcast applications with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time H04H60/00; selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS], H04W4/06

Abstract

The present invention provides a PoC system (push-to-talk over cellular system) and a method for distributing media data in PoC. The PoC system includes a plurality of clients, a controlling server and a first participating server. In the present invention, since a media receiving port is established in the first participating server which manages at least two clients at the same time, and when a media data is going to be distributed to the clients managed by the first participating server, the controlling server delivers the media data to the media receiving port only. In addition, a multicast addressing technology is further used in the first participating server, therefore, the path of delivering media data is changed and the efficiency of media data delivery during a communication is improved.

Claims

1. A method for distributing media data in PoC (push-to-talk over cellular) applied to a PoC system, the PoC system comprises a plurality of clients, a controlling server and a first participating server, wherein the first participating server comprises a plurality of media receiving ports and the media data received by the media receiving ports is delivered to the clients managed by the first participating server;

the method comprising the following steps;

sending a request to establish a communication group from the controlling server;

receiving responses of agreeing with the request at the controlling server;

sending a message from the controlling server to the first participating server in order to establish a new media receiving port comprising multicasting in the first participating server if at least two clients among all the clients joining the communication group belong to the first participating server and accept the management thereby; and

delivering the media data from the controlling server to the new media receiving port in the first participating server when the first participating server is to deliver the media data to the at least two clients among all the clients joining the communication group managed by the first participating server after the controlling server has received the response of having established the new media receiving port comprising multicasting so that the media data received by the new media receiving port comprising multicasting is delivered to the at least two clients among all the clients joining the communication group managed by the first participating server.

2. The method for distributing media data in PoC as recited in claim 1, further comprising the following steps:

establishing a multicast address in the first participating server;

informing the clients managed by the first participating server of the multicast address from the first participating server; and

delivering the media data from the first participating server to the multicast address when the first participating server is to deliver the media data to the clients after the first participating server has received the response of participating the multicast address sent by the clients.

3. The method for distributing media data in PoC as recited in claim 1, wherein the PoC system further comprises a second participating server and the method further comprises the following steps:

receiving a request to establish the communication group sent by a requesting client managed by the second participating server at the second participating server;

sending a request of establishing the communication group to the controlling server from the second participating server;

receiving a response of agreeing with the request from the controlling server at the second participating server; and

sending a response of agreeing with the request to the requesting client from the second participating server.

4. The method for distributing media data in PoC as recited in claim 3, further comprising the following steps:

receiving the media data sent by the requesting client at the second participating server; and

sending the media data to the controlling server from the second participating server.

5. The method for distributing media data in PoC as recited in claim 1, wherein the media data is a voice data.

6. A PoC system (push-to-talk over cellular system), comprising:

a plurality of clients;

a controlling server for sending a request of establishing a communication group and then receiving a response of agreeing with the request; and

a first participating server comprising a plurality of media receiving ports, wherein media data received by the media receiving ports is delivered to the clients managed by the first participating server,

informing the first participating server from the controlling server to the first participating server in order to establish a new media receiving port comprising multicasting in the first participating server if at least two clients among all the clients joining the communication group belong to the first participating server and accept the management thereby, and delivering the media data from the controlling server to the new media receiving port comprising multicasting in the first participating server when the first participating server is to deliver the media data to the at least two clients among all the clients joining the communication group managed by the first participating server after the controlling server has received the response of having established the new media receiving port comprising multicasting already so that the media data received by the new media receiving port comprising multicasting is delivered to the at least two clients among all the clients joining the communication group managed by the first participating server.

7. The PoC system as recited in claim 6, wherein the first participating server establishes a multicast address and informs the clients managed thereby of the multicast address;

when the first participating server is to deliver the media data to the clients after the responses of participating the multicast address sent by the clients are received, the first participating server delivers the media data to the multicast address.

8. The PoC system as recited in claim 6, further comprising a second participating server, wherein the second participating server receives a request of establishing the communication group sent by a requesting client managed thereby, the second participating server sends a request of establishing the communication group to the controlling server and after the second participating server receives a response of agreeing with the request from the controlling server, the second participating server sends a response of agreeing with the request to the requesting client.

9. The PoC system as recited in claim 8, wherein the second participating server receives the media data sent by the requesting client and then sends the media data to the controlling server.

10. The PoC system as recited in claim 6, wherein the media data is a voice data.