Methods and apparatus for providing PTT data buffering support indications from mobile devices and PTT data buffering control by wireless networks
First Claim
1. A method in a mobile communication device which is operative in a wireless communication network for Push-To-Talk (PTT) communications, the method comprising:
- receiving, at the mobile communication device, presence information associated with at least one other mobile communication device, the presence information including at least one of a current availability indication and a capability indication;
buffering a PTT communication prior to its transmission from the mobile communication device based on the presence information if the at least one of the current availability indication and the capability indication has a first setting; and
refraining from buffering the PTT communication prior to its transmission if the at least one of the current availability indication and the capability indication has a second setting.
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Abstract
In one illustrative example, a technique in a mobile communication device which is operative in a wireless communication network for Push-To-Talk (PTT) communications involves receiving, at the mobile communication device, presence information associated with at least one other mobile communication device, the presence information including at least one of a current availability indication or capability indication; and buffering a PTT communication prior to its transmission from the mobile communication device based on the presence information. The current availability or capability indication may be an automatic answering indication or a media capability indication, as examples.
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1. A method in a mobile communication device which is operative in a wireless communication network for Push-To-Talk (PTT) communications, the method comprising:
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receiving, at the mobile communication device, presence information associated with at least one other mobile communication device, the presence information including at least one of a current availability indication and a capability indication; buffering a PTT communication prior to its transmission from the mobile communication device based on the presence information if the at least one of the current availability indication and the capability indication has a first setting; and refraining from buffering the PTT communication prior to its transmission if the at least one of the current availability indication and the capability indication has a second setting. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A mobile communication device, comprising:
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one or more processors; a wireless transceiver coupled to the one or more processors, the wireless transceiver being adapted to provide communications via a wireless communication network; the one or more processors being operative to; receive, via the wireless transceiver, presence information associated with at least one other mobile communication device, the presence information including at least one of a current availability indication and a capability indication; and buffer a PTT communication prior to its transmission from the mobile communication device based on the presence information if the at least one of the current availability indication and the capability indication has a first setting; and refrain from buffering the PTT communication prior to its transmission if the at least one of the current availability indication and the capability indication had a second setting. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method in a Push-To-Talk (PTT) service entity for use in facilitating a PTT communication session delivered via a wireless communication network, the method comprising:
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sending, to a mobile communication device in the wireless communication network, presence information of at least one other mobile communication device, the presence information including at least one of a current availability indication and a capability indication; and receiving a PTT communication from the mobile communication device, which was buffered at the mobile communication device prior to its transmission depending if the at least one of the current availability indication and the capability indication has a first setting and refrained from buffering the PTT communication prior to its transmission if the at at least one of the current availability indication and the capability indication has a second setting. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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