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Mobile communications terminal for controlling user's floor and method thereof

  • US 7,778,655 B2
  • Filed: 05/31/2006
  • Issued: 08/17/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of half duplex communications between a first terminal and a second terminal via a server, the method performed by the first terminal and comprising:

  • receiving, from the server, a stop media burst message indicating that an ongoing media data transmission to the server should be stopped for the first terminal that was granted a floor;

    transmitting, to the server, a last media packet after receiving the stop media burst message;

    transmitting, to the server, a media burst complete message that indicates a release of the floor for the first terminal after the last media packet is transmitted;

    receiving, from the server, a media burst message to notify that the floor has been granted to the second terminal;

    receiving, via the server, media data sent from the second terminal;

    receiving, from the server, a media burst confirm message indicating that the floor previously granted to the second terminal has been granted back to the first terminal;

    receiving, from a user of the first terminal, a confirmation that said user intends to resume the previously ongoing media data transmission to the server; and

    transmitting, to the server, media data according to the floor granted back to the first terminal.

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