Patent ID: 8682360

Claim:
A method for transferring a PTT message from a transmitting communication terminal to a receiving communication terminal, the method including: selecting at the receiving communication terminal a communication format a user of the receiving communication terminal prefers to receive, transmitting information regarding the communication format from the receiving communication terminal to at least one communication server informing the server about whether the user of the receiving communication terminal prefers a direct PTT communication or an asynchronous MMS communication, storing the information comprising the communication format at the at least one server, and upon receipt of the PTT message at the at least one server from the transmitting communication terminal: accessing the stored information comprising the communication format, determining whether the user prefers a direct PTT communication or an asynchronous MMS communication, and directly forwarding the PTT message to the receiving communication terminal to directly play back the message if the information indicates a user preference for direct communication, or temporarily storing the PTT message at least one of the server or the receiving communication terminal as an MMS voice message to be played back at a later time point if the information indicates a user preference for asynchronous communication.