Method, UE and system for providing simultaneous multiple session PoC multimedia service in PoC system

• US 7,774,011 B2
• Filed: 11/15/2006
• Issued: 08/10/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Ji-Hye, Park, Sung-Jin, Sung, Sang-Kyung
• Primary Examiner(s): FERGUSON, KEITH
• Application Number:
  US11/599,802
• Publication Number:
  US 20070121526A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,364 Days
• Field of Search: 455/518, 455/519, 455/517, 455/500, 455/466, 455/426.1, 455/426.2, 455/403, 455/422.1, 455/550.1, 455/412.1, 455/412.2, 4554141-4144, 455/445, 4554521-453, 370/310, 370/328, 370/329, 370/352, 370/349, 370/338, 709/202, 709/203, 709/204, 709/206, 709/207, 709/214, 709/216, 709/226
• 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: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/10 Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-On-Call services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/45 for Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-to-Talk over cellular [PoC] services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/042 Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems

Abstract

Disclosed are a method, a User Equipment (UE) and a system for providing a simultaneous multiple session Push-to-talk over Cellular (PoC) multimedia service. A PoC client performing a PoC multimedia communication service participates in multiple sessions according to the setup of a user, and can simultaneously receive the same media streams without filtering in a PoC server when the same media streams are transmitted. Further, the PoC client can set a session, to which filtering is to be applied, from among a plurality of sessions and media types.

Claims

1. A User Equipment (UE) for providing a simultaneous multiple session multimedia service, the UE comprising:

a data transmitter for performing packet data transmission/reception with a server;

a controller for transmitting a simultaneous multiple session multimedia service request message for requesting a simultaneous multiple service, in order to simultaneously receive at least one stream with an equal multimedia type through multiple sessions, receiving a simultaneous multiple session multimedia service response message including media type of the simultaneous multiple session multimedia service and the number of allowable simultaneous multiple sessions, setting the media type of the simultaneous multiple session multimedia service and the number of allowable simultaneous multiple sessions, and receiving a media type data of the simultaneous multiple session multimedia service from the server; and

a display unit for receiving and displaying the data processed by the controller.

2. The UE as claimed in claim 1, wherein the UE transmits the simultaneous multiple service request message to the server before session origination, and thus sets the simultaneous multiple service.

3. A method for providing, by a User Equipment (UE), a simultaneous multiple session multimedia service, the method comprising the steps of

transmitting a simultaneous multiple session multimedia service request message for requesting a simultaneous multiple service, in order to simultaneously receive at least one stream with an equal multimedia type through multiple sessions;

receiving a simultaneous multiple session multimedia service response message including media type of the simultaneous multiple session multimedia service and the number of allowable simultaneous multiple sessions;

setting the media type of the simultaneous multiple session multimedia service and the number of allowable simultaneous multiple sessions; and

receiving a media type data of the simultaneous multiple session multimedia service from the server.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the UE transmits the simultaneous multiple service request message to the server before session origination, and thus sets the simultaneous multiple service.

5. A User Equipment (UE) for providing a simultaneous multiple session multimedia service, the UE comprising:

a data transmitter for performing packet data transmission and reception with a server;

a controller for controlling to transmit a simultaneous multiple session multimedia service request message for requesting a simultaneous multiple service, in order to simultaneously receive at least one stream with a same multimedia type through multiple sessions, the simultaneous multiple session multimedia service request message including a media type of the simultaneous multiple session multimedia service and a number of allowable simultaneous multiple sessions, the controller further controlling to receive a simultaneous multiple session multimedia service response message and media type data of the simultaneous multiple session multimedia service through the data transmitter from the server, and for processing the received media type data of the simultaneous multiple session multimedia service through multiple sessions; and

a display unit for displaying the data processed by the controller.

6. The UE as claimed in claim 5, wherein the media type of the simultaneous multiple session multimedia service is at least one of video, audio and image and is capable of differently requesting each session.

7. The UE as claimed in claim 5, wherein the number of allowable simultaneous multiple sessions is a maximum number of allowable simultaneous multiple sessions.

8. The UE as claimed in claim 5, wherein the controller is configured to control to transmit the simultaneous multiple session multimedia service request message for presetting the simultaneous multiple session multimedia service before a session origination is described.

9. The UE as claimed in claim 5, wherein the controller is configured to control to transmit the simultaneous multiple session multimedia service request message for changing the preset simultaneous multiple session multimedia service after the multiple sessions have originated.

10. A method for providing, by a User Equipment (UE), a simultaneous multiple session multimedia service, the method comprising the steps of:

transmitting a simultaneous multiple session multimedia service request message for requesting a simultaneous multiple service, in order to simultaneously receive at least one stream with a same multimedia type through multiple sessions;

requesting a message including a media type of the simultaneous multiple session multimedia service and a number of allowable simultaneous multiple sessions;

receiving a simultaneous multiple session multimedia service response message;

receiving media type data of the simultaneous multiple session multimedia service through a data transmitter from a server; and

processing the received media type data of the simultaneous multiple session multimedia service through multiple sessions.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the media type of the simultaneous multiple session multimedia service is at least one of video, audio and image and is capable of differently requesting each session.

12. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the number of allowable simultaneous multiple sessions is a maximum number of allowable simultaneous multiple sessions.

13. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the simultaneous multiple session multimedia service request message for presetting the simultaneous multiple session multimedia service is transmitted before a session origination is described.

14. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the simultaneous multiple session multimedia service request message is for changing the preset simultaneous multiple session multimedia service and is transmitted after the multiple sessions have originated.