System and methods for queueing and moderating group talk
First Claim
1. A method for a user equipment (UE) configured to communicate in a wireless network, the method comprising:
- operating the UE as a participant in a group talk session with other UEs via the wireless network, the UE including a display and a talk button for participation in the group talk session;
operating the UE to perform talk order control for the group talk session by;
receiving, via the wireless network, on an ongoing basis during the group talk session, requests for a transmit capability from other UEs which are relayed by a message controller;
providing, to a user of the UE, identifiers of the other UEs that have transmitted the requests for the transmit capability;
maintaining, on an ongoing basis during the group talk session, a record of the received requests that are outstanding; and
sending a message via the wireless network, to grant at least one of the requests for the transmit capability.
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Abstract
Systems of methods for performing queued and moderated talk groups in a system featuring network provided half duplex communications talk group sessions. For queuing, rather than dropping a talk request from a user which is listening, the request is forwarded and maintained in a list which is the used to grant access to the talk channel. For moderated talk groups, a wireless device is designated to be a moderator network device. The requests for the talk channel are then forwarded to the moderator network device. The moderator network device is equipped with functionality allowing a user of the device to select the order in which devices are granted the talk channel.
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12 Claims
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1. A method for a user equipment (UE) configured to communicate in a wireless network, the method comprising:
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operating the UE as a participant in a group talk session with other UEs via the wireless network, the UE including a display and a talk button for participation in the group talk session; operating the UE to perform talk order control for the group talk session by; receiving, via the wireless network, on an ongoing basis during the group talk session, requests for a transmit capability from other UEs which are relayed by a message controller; providing, to a user of the UE, identifiers of the other UEs that have transmitted the requests for the transmit capability; maintaining, on an ongoing basis during the group talk session, a record of the received requests that are outstanding; and sending a message via the wireless network, to grant at least one of the requests for the transmit capability. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A user equipment (UE) configured to communicate in a wireless network, the UE comprising:
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a processing element; a message reception element coupled to the processing element; a message transmission element coupled to the processing element; a display coupled to the processing element; the processing element being configured to operate the UE as a participant in a group talk session with other UEs via the wireless network; a talk button for participation in the group talk session; the processing element being further configured to perform talk order control for the group talk session, by; receiving, via the message reception element, on an ongoing basis during the group talk session, requests for a transmit capability from other UEs which are relayed by a message controller; providing, to a user of the UE, identifiers of the other UEs that have transmitted the requests for the transmit capability; maintaining, on an ongoing basis during the group talk session, a record of the received requests that are outstanding; and sending, via the message transmission element, a message via the wireless network, to grant at least one of the requests for the transmit capability. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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