Patent ID: 7428422

Claim:
A method in a multimedia system where a first user with user equipment ( 1 ) uses a Push to talk service (PTT), provided by a PTT-server ( 3 ), to communicate with at least a second user equipment ( 2 ) using said Push to talk service (PTT), said method comprising the steps of: at least one of said first ( 1 ) and second ( 2 ) user equipment reporting at least one PTT session parameter value for its PTT application settings to the PTT server ( 3 ); determining new PTT session parameter values for at least one of said first ( 1 ) and second ( 2 ) user equipment based on said reported at least one PTT session parameter value, comprising the steps of: said PTT-server ( 3 ) forwarding said reported at least one PTT session parameter value of said at least one of said first ( 1 ) and second ( 2 ) user equipment to at least one of said first ( 1 ) and second ( 2 ) user equipment that does not have said reported at least one PTT session parameter value; and, said at least one of said first ( 1 ) and second ( 2 ) user equipment determining new PTT session parameter values based on said reported at least one PTT session parameter value and its own parameter values; and, at least one of said first ( 1 ) and second ( 2 ) user equipment adapting its PTT application settings during operation of said service based on said new PTT session parameter values.