Method and an apparatus for terminating a user from a group call in a group communication network

• US 6,781,963 B2
• Filed: 02/14/2002
• Issued: 08/24/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2002
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Rosen, Eric C., Maggenti, Mark, Crockett, Douglas M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Pezzlo, John
• Application Number:
  US10/077,267
• Publication Number:
  US 20030152040A1
• Time in Patent Office: 922 Days
• Field of Search: 370/312, 370/408, 370/389, 370/386, 370/466, 370/329, 370/390, 370/432, 370/260-269, 455/428, 709/229, 709/227, 379/114, 379/229, 379/207.02, 379/202.01
• US Class Current: 370/260
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4061 Push-to services, e.g. push-to-talk or push-to-video
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2044 Group features, e.g. closed user group
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/205 Broadcasting broadcasting in packet switching networks H04L12/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/5027 Dropping a party from a conference conducting a computer conference, e.g. admission detection H04L12/1822
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/56 Arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities video conference systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/006 Networks other than PSTN/ISDN providing telephone service, e.g. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) , including next generation networks with a packet-switched transport layer H04L65/00 takes precedence; aspects not specific to the type of network H04M3/00; special services in those networks H04M3/42
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/10 Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-On-Call services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/30 Connection release
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/45 for Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-to-Talk over cellular [PoC] services

Abstract

A method and apparatus for terminating a member from a group call in a group communication network provides for receiving an indication from a user who wishes to terminate participation in a group call and sending a request to a server to terminate the user from the group call. The method and apparatus further provides for the server to receive the request for terminating a user from a group call, terminate the user from the group call, and send a response indicating that the user is terminated from the group call.

Claims

1. In a communication device, a method for terminating a user from a group call in a group communication network, the method comprising:

receiving an indication from a user who wishes to terminate participation in a group call;

sending a request to a server to terminate the user from the group call; and

sending a response to the user indicating that the user has been terminated from the group call.

2. In a communication device, a computer-readable medium embodying a method for terminating a user from a group call in a group communication network, the method comprising:

receiving an indication from a user who wishes to terminate participation in a group call;

sending a request to a server to terminate the user from the group call; and

sending a response to the user indicating that the user has been terminated from the group call.

3. A communication device for terminating a user from a group call in a group communication network, comprising:

means for receiving an indication from a user who wishes to terminate participation in a group call;

means for sending a request to a server to terminate the user from the group call; and

means for sending a response to the user indicating that the user has been terminated from the group call.

4. A communication device for terminating a user from a group call in a group communication network, the communication device comprising:

a receiver;

a transmitter; and

a processor communicatively coupled to the receiver and the transmitter, the processor being capable of;

receiving an indication from a user who wishes to terminate participation in a group call;

sending a request to a server to terminate the user from the group call; and

sending a response to the user indicating that the user has been terminated from the group call.

5. In a server, a method for terminating a group call in a group communication network, the method comprising:

determining when a predetermined time period expires in which no media has been communicated in a group call session;

announcing each participating member in the group call that the group call is going to be terminated; and

terminating the group call after receiving acknowledgement from each participating member in the group call.

6. In a server, a computer-readable medium embodying a method for terminating a group call in a group communication network, the method comprising:

determining when a predetermined time period expires in which no media has been communicated in a group call session;

announcing each participating member in the group call that the group call is going to be terminated; and

terminating the group call after receiving acknowledgement from each participating member in the group call.

7. A server for terminating a group call in a group communication network, comprising:

means for determining when a predetermined time period expires in which no media has been communicated in a group call session;

means for announcing each participating member in the group call that the group call is going to be terminated; and

means for terminating the group call after receiving acknowledgement from each participating member in the group call.

8. A server for terminating a user from a group call in a group communication network, the server comprising:

a receiver;

a transmitter; and

a processor communicatively coupled to the receiver and the transmitter, the processor being capable of;

determining when a predetermined time period expires in which no media has been communicated in a group call session;

announcing each participating member in the group call that the group call is going to be terminated; and

terminating the group call after receiving acknowledgement from each participating member in the group call.