Patent ID: 9549298
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: determining, by a server, a current position of a rotary knob equipped on a client device connected to the server; determining, by the server, a push-to-talk (PTT) over cellular (PoC) configuration assigned to the current position of the rotary knob, wherein the client device assigns a PoC configuration to each of a plurality of possible positions of the rotary knob independently from the server, and wherein the PoC configuration assigned to the current position of the rotary knob allows the client device to receive PTT calls from one or more pre-assigned groups and blocks the client device from receiving PTT calls from groups other than then one or more pre-assigned groups; and performing, by the server, PoC operations for the client device in accordance with the PoC configuration assigned to the current position of the rotary knob.