Prioritization of group communications at a wireless communication device
First Claim
1. A method of switching from a first server-arbitrated group communication session to a second server-arbitrated group communication session at a given access terminal within a wireless communications system, comprising:
- receiving an announce message at the given access terminal that announces the second group communication session when the given access terminal is participating in the first group communication session;
acquiring one or more priority levels associated with one or more of the first and second group communication sessions;
determining, by the given access terminal, whether to switch from the first group communication session to the second group communication session based on the one or more priority levels; and
selectively switching from the first group communication session to the second group communication session based on the determining.
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Abstract
An embodiment is directed to switching between server-arbitrated group communication sessions at an access terminal (AT) within a wireless communications system. The AT participates in a first group communication session when it receives an announce message announcing a second group communication session, acquires priority levels for the first and/or second group communication sessions and determines whether to switch between sessions based on the priority level(s). In another embodiment, the AT participates in a given processing task (e.g., a gaming session, a voice call, a group session, etc.) when it receives an alert that relates to a group communication session. If the alert is specially configured to force the given access terminal to drop the given processing task, the AT drops the given processing task irrespective of whether the AT later joins the announced group communication session.
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26 Claims
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1. A method of switching from a first server-arbitrated group communication session to a second server-arbitrated group communication session at a given access terminal within a wireless communications system, comprising:
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receiving an announce message at the given access terminal that announces the second group communication session when the given access terminal is participating in the first group communication session; acquiring one or more priority levels associated with one or more of the first and second group communication sessions; determining, by the given access terminal, whether to switch from the first group communication session to the second group communication session based on the one or more priority levels; and selectively switching from the first group communication session to the second group communication session based on the determining. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An access terminal configured to selectively switch from a first server-arbitrated group communication session to a second server-arbitrated group communication session within a wireless communications system, comprising:
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means for receiving an announce message that announces the second group communication session when the access terminal is participating in the first group communication session; means for acquiring one or more priority levels associated with one or more of the first and second group communication sessions; means for determining, by the access terminal, whether to switch from the first group communication session to the second group communication session based on the one or more priority levels; and means for selectively switching from the first group communication session to the second group communication session based on the determination of the means for determining.
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14. An access terminal configured to selectively switch from a first server-arbitrated group communication session to a second server-arbitrated group communication session within a wireless communications system, comprising:
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logic configured to receive an announce message that announces the second group communication session when the access terminal is participating in the first group communication session; logic configured to acquire one or more priority levels associated with one or more of the first and second group communication sessions; logic configured to determine, by the access terminal, whether to switch from the first group communication session to the second group communication session based on the one or more priority levels; and logic configured to selectively switch from the first group communication session to the second group communication session based on the determination of the logic configured to determine. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions, which, when executed by an access terminal configured to selectively switch from a first server-arbitrated group communication session to a second server-arbitrated group communication session within a wireless communications system, cause the access terminal to perform operations, the instructions comprising:
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program code to receive an announce message that announces the second group communication session when the access terminal is participating in the first group communication session; program code to acquire one or more priority levels associated with one or more of the first and second group communication sessions; program code to determine, by the access terminal, whether to switch from the first group communication session to the second group communication session based on the one or more priority levels; and program code to selectively switch from the first group communication session to the second group communication session based on the determination of the program code to determine.
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