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Apparatus, and associated method, for notifying, delivering, and deleting media bursts communicated in a push-to-talk over cellular communication system

  • US 9,794,307 B2
  • Filed: 02/02/2007
  • Issued: 10/17/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A user equipment (UE) operable pursuant to a Push to talk Over Cellular (PoC) communication scheme, said UE comprising:

  • a client configured to receive, over a wireless access network, a PoC media burst from a PoC session, the PoC media burst being received in a multimedia message of a multimedia messaging service (MMS), the received multimedia message also including an identifier to identify the multimedia message as including PoC media burst data from the PoC session, and a copy of the PoC media burst and corresponding control data of the PoC session being stored at a network element;

    a controller configured to;

    provide an indication at the UE that indicates that the received multimedia message includes PoC media burst data from the PoC session; and

    provide a capability at the UE for transmitting a control message of the MMS to the network element, the control message instructing the network element to delete the stored copy of the PoC media burst and the corresponding control data of the PoC session.

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