Automatically providing announcements for a push-to-talk communication session
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1. A method for providing one or more announcements for one or more communication sessions, comprising:
- facilitating one or more communication sessions among a plurality of endpoints, the plurality of endpoints comprising a half-duplex push-to-talk endpoint;
establishing, by an interoperability system distinct from the endpoints, that a section of a button of the half-duplex push-to-talk endpoint has been deselected to yield a trigger event at the half-duplex push-to-talk endpoint, the trigger event indicating an activity status of the half-duplex push-to-talk endpoint;
identifying, by the interoperability system, a set of two or more pre-recorded announcements associated with the trigger event from a plurality of sets of pre-recorded announcements, each set of pre-recorded announcements associated with a different trigger event, each announcement of the set corresponding to a different virtual talk group; and
playing, by the interoperability system, the identified pre-recorded announcements by playing a first announcement of the set to a first virtual talk group and playing a second announcement of the set to a second virtual talk group.
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Abstract
Providing announcements for communication sessions includes facilitating the communication sessions among endpoints comprising a half-duplex push-to-talk endpoint. It is established that a trigger event has occurred at the half-duplex push-to-talk endpoint, where the trigger event indicates an activity status of the half-duplex push-to-talk endpoint. One or more announcements associated with the trigger event are identified. The one or more announcements are provided to at least a subset of the endpoints.
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1. A method for providing one or more announcements for one or more communication sessions, comprising:
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facilitating one or more communication sessions among a plurality of endpoints, the plurality of endpoints comprising a half-duplex push-to-talk endpoint; establishing, by an interoperability system distinct from the endpoints, that a section of a button of the half-duplex push-to-talk endpoint has been deselected to yield a trigger event at the half-duplex push-to-talk endpoint, the trigger event indicating an activity status of the half-duplex push-to-talk endpoint; identifying, by the interoperability system, a set of two or more pre-recorded announcements associated with the trigger event from a plurality of sets of pre-recorded announcements, each set of pre-recorded announcements associated with a different trigger event, each announcement of the set corresponding to a different virtual talk group; and playing, by the interoperability system, the identified pre-recorded announcements by playing a first announcement of the set to a first virtual talk group and playing a second announcement of the set to a second virtual talk group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for providing one or more announcements for one or more communication sessions, comprising:
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an interface of an interoperability system distinct from a plurality of endpoints, the interface operable to; send and receive a plurality of messages to facilitate one or more communication sessions among the endpoints, the plurality of endpoints comprising a half-duplex push-to-talk endpoint; and a processor of the interoperability system, the processor coupled to the interface and operable to; establish that a section of a button of the half-duplex push-to-talk endpoint has been deselected to yield a trigger event at the half-duplex push-to-talk endpoint, the trigger event indicating an activity status of the half-duplex push-to-talk endpoint; identify a set of two or more pre-recorded announcements associated with the trigger event from a plurality of sets of pre-recorded announcements, each set of pre-recorded announcements associated with a different trigger event, each announcement of the set corresponding to a different virtual talk group; and play the identified pre-recorded announcements by playing a first announcement of the set to a first virtual talk group and playing a second announcement of the set to a second virtual talk group. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing logic for providing one or more announcements for one or more communication sessions, the logic when executed by a processor operable to:
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facilitate one or more communication sessions among a plurality of endpoints, the plurality of endpoints comprising a half-duplex push-to-talk endpoint; establish, by an interoperability system distinct from the endpoints that a section of a button of the half-duplex push-to-talk endpoint has been deselected to yield a trigger event at the half-duplex push-to-talk endpoint, the trigger event indicating an activity status of the half-duplex push-to-talk endpoint; identify, by the interoperability system, a set of two or more pre-recorded announcements associated with the trigger event from a plurality of sets of pre-recorded announcements, each set of pre-recorded announcements associated with a different trigger event, each announcement of the set corresponding to a different virtual talk group; and play, by the interoperability system, the identified pre-recorded announcements by playing a first announcement of the set to a first virtual talk group and playing a second announcement of the set to a second virtual talk group. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system for providing one or more announcements for one or more communication sessions, comprising:
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means for facilitating one or more communication sessions among a plurality of endpoints, the plurality of endpoints comprising a half-duplex push-to-talk endpoint; means for establishing, by an interoperability system distinct from the endpoints, that a section of a button of the half-duplex push-to-talk endpoint has been deselected to yield a trigger event at the half-duplex push-to-talk endpoint, the trigger event indicating an activity status of the half-duplex push-to-talk endpoint; means for identifying, by the interoperability system, a set of two or more pre-recorded announcements associated with the trigger event from a plurality of sets of pre-recorded announcements, each set of pre-recorded announcements associated with a different trigger event, each announcement of the set corresponding to a different virtual talk group; and means for playing, by the interoperability system, the identified pre-recorded announcements by playing a first announcement of the set to a first virtual talk group and playing a second announcement of the set to a second virtual talk group.
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23. A method for providing one or more announcements for one or more communication sessions, comprising:
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facilitating one or more communication sessions among a plurality of endpoints by facilitating the one or more communication sessions among a plurality of virtual talk groups, the plurality of endpoints comprising a half-duplex push-to-talk endpoint; establishing, by an interoperability system distinct from the endpoints, that a section of a button of the half-duplex push-to-talk endpoint has been deselected to yield a trigger event at the half-duplex push-to-talk endpoint, the trigger event indicating an activity status of the half-duplex push-to-talk endpoint, the trigger event comprising deselection of a first section of the button to indicate at least one of; the half-duplex push-to-talk endpoint has relinquished floor control of the one or more communication sessions; the half-duplex push-to-talk endpoint has terminated the one or more communication sessions; and the half-duplex push-to-talk endpoint has requested floor control for the one or more communication sessions; identifying, by the interoperability system, a set of two or more pre-recorded announcements associated with the trigger event from a plurality of sets of pre-recorded announcements, each set of pre-recorded announcements associated with a different trigger event, each announcement of the set corresponding to a different virtual talk group, the one or more announcements comprising; a talk termination announcement if the trigger event comprises deselection of a first section of the button to indicate that the half-duplex push-to-talk endpoint has relinquished floor control of the one or more communication sessions; a session termination announcement if the trigger event comprises deselection of a second section of the button to indicate that the half-duplex push-to-talk endpoint has terminated the one or more communication sessions; and a user identifier announcement announcing a user identifier of a user associated with the half-duplex push-to-talk endpoint if the button of the half-duplex push-to-talk endpoint has been selected to indicate that the half-duplex push-to-talk endpoint has requested floor control for the one or more communication sessions, the one or more announcements obtained by recording the voice of a user associated with the half-duplex push-to-talk endpoint, the one or more announcements stored at the interoperability system, the one or more announcements downloaded from the interoperability system to the half-duplex push-to-talk endpoint; and playing, by the interoperability system, the identified pre-recorded announcements to at least a subset of the plurality of endpoints by providing a first announcement of the set to a first virtual talk group and a second announcement of the set to a second virtual talk group, the one or more announcements provided by; playing the first announcement to a user of the half-duplex push-to-talk endpoint at a first volume; and playing the second announcement to one or more users of the other endpoints at a second volume, the second volume greater than the first volume.
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