Continuous broadcast interface maintenance for group communications to wireless communications devices
First Claim
1. A method for selectively maintaining a broadcast interface, comprising:
- registering one or more wireless communication devices to receive a group-directed communication for a given group communication call of a given type that is associated with a communication group of wireless communication devices;
establishing at least one broadcast interface between a communication control device and another computer device on a wireless communication network, each broadcast interface configured to support delivery of the group-directed communication to more than one target wireless communication device;
maintaining the at least one broadcast interface based on at least one of the one or more registered wireless communication devices remaining registered with the communication control device for the given group communication call; and
releasing the at least one broadcast interface in response to a detection of termination of the given group communication call at the communication control device, wherein the given type is push-to-talk (PTT), wherein the maintaining and releasing steps are performed based on the given group communication call being a PTT call, and wherein the maintaining and releasing steps are not performed for one or more other call types that do not correspond to PTT calls.
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Abstract
A system, method, and computer device that selectively maintain an open broadcast interface to a communication control device that is controlling wireless communication to at least one wireless communication device that is configured to receive group-directed communications for a communication group, such as a push-to-talk (PTT) group. In one embodiment, the wireless communication device registers at the communication control device, such as a base station controller, and at least one broadcast interface is established between the communication control device and another computer device, such as a broadcast A10 interface with a broadcast serving node (BSN). The communication control device maintains the broadcast interface while the wireless communication device configured to receive group-directed communications is registered such that group-directed broadcast communications can more rapidly be delivered to the wireless communication device. When the communication control device determines that the group communication has ended, it releases the broadcast interface.
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35 Claims
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1. A method for selectively maintaining a broadcast interface, comprising:
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registering one or more wireless communication devices to receive a group-directed communication for a given group communication call of a given type that is associated with a communication group of wireless communication devices; establishing at least one broadcast interface between a communication control device and another computer device on a wireless communication network, each broadcast interface configured to support delivery of the group-directed communication to more than one target wireless communication device; maintaining the at least one broadcast interface based on at least one of the one or more registered wireless communication devices remaining registered with the communication control device for the given group communication call; and releasing the at least one broadcast interface in response to a detection of termination of the given group communication call at the communication control device, wherein the given type is push-to-talk (PTT), wherein the maintaining and releasing steps are performed based on the given group communication call being a PTT call, and wherein the maintaining and releasing steps are not performed for one or more other call types that do not correspond to PTT calls. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 35)
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11. A system for selectively maintaining an open broadcast interface to a communication control device that is controlling wireless communication to one or more wireless communication devices configured to engage in group-directed communications, the system comprising:
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the communication control device resident on a wireless communication network and selectively receiving communications from one or more wireless communication devices and selectively having the wireless communication devices registered therewith, and the communication control device further configured to establish interfaces between the communication control device and another computer device on the wireless communication network for permitting delivery of group-directed communications for a given group communication call of a given type to which the registered wireless communication devices are registered; and at least one wireless communication device that is a member of a communication group of wireless communication devices, the at least one wireless communication device configured to receive a group-directed communications for the communication group, and further configured to selectively register and unregister for the given group communication call at the communication control device that at least controls group communications thereto, wherein the communication control device further configured to establish and maintain at least one broadcast interface based on at least one wireless communication device configured to receive a group-directed communications being registered for the given group communication call with the communication control device, each broadcast interface configured to support delivery of the group-directed communications to more than one target wireless communication device; and the communication control device further configured to release the at least one broadcast interface when termination of the given group communication call is detected at the communication control device, wherein the given type is push-to-talk (PTT), wherein the communication control device is configured to perform the maintaining and releasing based on the given group communication call being a PTT call, and wherein the communication control device is configured to refrain from performing the maintaining and releasing for one or more other call types that do not correspond to PTT calls. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A communication control device resident on a wireless communication network comprising:
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means for registering one or more wireless communication devices to receive a group-directed communication for a given group communication call of a given type that is associated with a communication group of wireless communication devices; means for establishing at least one broadcast interface between the communication control device and another computer device on the wireless communication network, each broadcast interface configured to support delivery of the group-directed communication to more than one target wireless communication device; means for maintaining the at least one broadcast interface based on at least one of the one or more registered wireless communication devices remain registered with the communication control device for the given group communication call; and means for releasing the at least one broadcast interface in response to a detection of termination of the given group communication call at the communication control device, wherein the given type is push-to-talk (PTT), wherein the means for maintaining and the means for releasing are configured to perform the maintaining and releasing based on the given group communication call being a PTT call, and wherein the means for maintaining and the means for releasing are configured to refrain from performing the maintaining and releasing for one or more other call types that do not correspond to PTT calls. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions, which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations, the instructions comprising:
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a set of instructions to selectively register one or more wireless communication devices at a communication control device to receive a group-directed communication for a given group communication call of a given type that is associated with a communication group of wireless communication devices; a set of instructions to establish at least one broadcast interface between the communication control device and another computer device on a wireless communication network, each broadcast interface configured to support delivery of the group-directed communication to more than one target wireless communication device; a set of instructions to maintain the at least one broadcast interface based on at least one of the one or more registered wireless communication devices remaining registered with the communication control device for the given group communication call; and a set of instructions to release the at least one broadcast interface in response to a detection of termination of the given group communication call at the communication control device, wherein the given type is push-to-talk (PTT), wherein the set of instructions to maintain and the set of instructions to release are configured to cause the machine to perform the maintaining and releasing based on the given group communication call being a PTT call, and wherein the set of instructions to maintain and the set of instructions to release are configured to cause the machine to refrain from performing the maintaining and releasing for one or more other call types that do not correspond to PTT calls.
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30. A communication control device resident on a wireless communication network, comprising:
a processor configured to; register one or more wireless communication devices to receive a group-directed communication for a given group communication call of a given type that is associated with a communication group of wireless communication devices; establish at least one broadcast interface between the communication control device and another computer device on the wireless communication network, each broadcast interface configured to support delivery of the group-directed communication to more than one target wireless communication device; maintain the at least one broadcast interface based on at least one of the registered wireless communication devices remain registered with the communication control device for the given group communication call; and release the at least one broadcast interface in response to a detection of termination of the given group communication call at the communication control device, wherein the given type is push-to-talk (PTT), wherein the processor is configured to perform the maintaining and releasing based on the given group communication call being a PTT call, and wherein the processor is configured to refrain from performing the maintaining and releasing for one or more other call types that do not correspond to PTT calls.
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31. A method of setting up a connection at an access network, comprising:
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receiving, from an access terminal, a registration request that identifies a multicast call for which registration is requested; forwarding the received request to a server; determining, at the access network, that the received request is associated with an attempt by the access terminal to register to the multicast call; and establishing a broadcast interface on which to receive multicast traffic for delivery to multiple target access terminals during the multicast call in response to the determination;
maintaining the broadcast interface during the multicast call; and
releasing the broadcast interface in response to a detection that the multicast call is terminated, wherein the multicast call is determined to be a push-to-talk (PTT) call, wherein the maintaining and releasing steps are performed based on the PTT call determination, and wherein the maintaining and releasing steps are not performed for one or more other calls that do not correspond to PTT calls. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34)
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