Patent ID: 7623882
Filing Date: 2009-11-24
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. In a system adapted to deliver walkie-talkie-like communications capabilities within a talk group of wireless devices such that within the group, a single wireless device is given transmit capability while all other devices have a receive capability, a method for a moderator wireless device having a user interface which includes a display and a talk button for participation in group talk sessions in a wireless network, the moderator wireless device being adapted to perform talk order control of a group talk session by: receiving, at the moderator wireless device via the wireless network, on an ongoing basis during the group talk session, requests for the transmit capability from the wireless devices which are relayed by a message controller via the wireless network; displaying, in the display, a list of identifiers of the wireless devices that have transmitted the requests for the transmit capability; maintaining, on an ongoing basis during the group talk session, a record of the received requests that are outstanding; and granting, from the moderator wireless device via the wireless network, requests for the transmit capability based on the record of the received requests that are outstanding.