Patent ID: 8102773

Claim:
A method for controlling transmission of media data, comprising: starting, by a PT (Push-To) server, a T3 timer when a media burst revoke message is transmitted to a particular PT (Push-To) client that has permission to send media data, wherein the T3 timer is a stop talking grace timer that provides additional time during which the PT server can receive remaining media data from the particular PT client after the media burst revoke message is transmitted to the particular PT client; stopping, by the PT server, the T3 timer before its expiry, when last media data and a media burst release message are received from the particular PT client that has the permission to send the media data; transmitting, by the PT server, a media burst idle message to the particular PT client immediately after the T3 timer is stopped so that the particular PT client that talked too long is penalized and put in a waiting state; and entering, by the PT server, a media burst idle state when the T3 timer is stopped.