Patent ID: 8705515

Claim:
A computer implemented method for resolving conflicts in incoming media data packets in push-to-talk (PTT) communications on a wireless telecommunication network, wherein the content of each data packet is added to a media stream that is played on a wireless communication device, comprising the steps of: receiving across the wireless telecommunication network at the wireless communication device a data packet, the data packet being part of a PTT communication and having a source identification number, a sequence number, and an end-marker bit; comparing at the wireless communication device the source identification number with a last-source identification number indicating the originator of a current media stream being received at the wireless telecommunication device; comparing the sequence number with a last-received sequence number; when determining that the incoming source identification number is the same as the last-source identification number and the sequence number is within a predefined threshold from the last-received sequence number, adding the incoming data packet to the current media stream; and when determining that the incoming source identification number is the same as the last-source identification number and the sequence number is larger than the predefined threshold from the last-received sequence number, starting a new media stream using the incoming data packet.