Patent ID: 8036693
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. In a communication system including a first mobile telephone and a second mobile telephone, a method comprising: by the second mobile telephone, as part of a half-duplex communication between the first and second mobile telephones: receiving and automatically playing a first portion of first audio data, which the first mobile telephone sent in response to a press-and-hold of a talk button of the first mobile telephone; and by the second mobile telephone, as part of a full-duplex communication between the first and second mobile telephones: receiving and automatically playing a second portion of the first audio, which the first mobile telephone sent in response to the press-and-hold of the talk button of the first mobile telephone; and in response to a press-and-hold of a talk button of the second mobile telephone, sending second audio to the first mobile telephone while simultaneously receiving and automatically playing the second portion of the first audio, which the first mobile telephone sent in response to the press-and-hold of the talk button of the first mobile telephone; wherein the first mobile telephone is configured to receive and automatically play the second audio as part of the full-duplex communication between the first and second mobile telephones; and by the second mobile telephone: after the talk button of the second mobile telephone is released, continuing to send audio to the first mobile telephone as part of the full-duplex communication between the first and second mobile telephones.