Patent ID: 7792541

Claim:
In a communication system, a method of modifying a network-based instant connect communication session such that floor control management is not needed to communicate audio data, the method comprising: establishing a network-based instant connect communication session between a first device and a second device, including: granting a floor of the network-based instant connect communication session to the first device; receiving, from the first device, first audio data sent in response to the grant of the floor; and transmitting the first audio data received from the first device to the second device using half-duplex communication; receiving user input provided from a user of the second device after the establishment of the network-based instant connect communication session between the first device and the second device; in response to the user input, transitioning the network-based instant connect communication session from half-duplex communication to full-duplex communication that permits two-way communication; after transitioning the network-based instant connect communication session, transmitting second audio data received from the second device to the first device using the full-duplex communication of the network-based instant connect communication session; and using the full-duplex communication to finish the transmission of the first audio data received from the first device to the second device while the second audio data is simultaneously transmitted to the first device using the full-duplex communication.