Dynamic Floor Control Templates for Push-to-Talk Sessions
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Solution Overview
Problem
Legacy communication systems for push-to-talk (PTT) services are often incompatible, making it difficult to integrate different PTT services and manage floor control across disparate applications, which requires different floor control characteristics for various scenarios.
Innovation Solution
A framework for enhanced floor control in PTT conference sessions is introduced, allowing the use of multiple templates or algorithms that can be dynamically switched during a session, enabling different groups to apply specific floor control policies based on their needs, such as priority-based, barge-in, distributed, buffered talk bursts, round robin, variable-sized, and weighted-fair queue templates, managed through graphical or voice user interfaces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a single floor control mechanism is used across all PTT applications, then system simplicity is maintained, but compatibility and adaptability to different application scenarios deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal floor control server that can execute multiple different floor control algorithms (e.g., priority-based, round-robin, barge-in, distributed, buffered talk bursts, variable-sized, weighted-fair queue) to serve diverse PTT applications including public safety, commercial, and consumer services through a single unified system
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically selects and switches between different floor control algorithms based on the specific application scenario and service requirements, allowing the floor control mechanism to adapt its behavior in real-time rather than being fixed to a single control method
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple floor control algorithms are implemented to serve different applications, then adaptability to various scenarios improves, but system complexity and difficulty of integration increase
Solution Approach 1:
The floor control server acts as an intermediary component that receives floor control requests from multiple different PTT applications and translates them into appropriate algorithm-specific processing, managing the complexity of multiple algorithms through a unified interface layer
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the floor control functionality into separate, independently selectable algorithms that can be chosen based on specific application needs, allowing each algorithm to be optimized for its particular use case while maintaining overall system coherence through the unified server architecture
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AI summary
A processor-implemented method of operation for managing a push-to-talk (PTT) session involving a plurality of participants includes applying a first floor control algorithm at a PTT server. The first floor control algorithm being selected from a plurality of algorithms that arbitrate among talk requests received from the participants. The method further includes changing, during the PTT session, from the first floor control algorithm to a second floor control algorithm at the PPT server. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. 37 CFR 1.72(b).