Patent ID: 7593359

Claim:
A group call service infrastructure within a telecommunication network comprising: a Push-to-Talk over Cellular (PoC) server which facilitates a PoC group call over a radio interface between different user equipment units in a defined group within said telecommunications network, wherein said PoC server handles a floor request from a requesting user equipment unit included in the group based on a media type associated with the floor request, wherein said floor request comprising a floor request message which includes an indication of the media type associated with the floor request or an indication of message size; wherein said PoC server further comprising: a queue wherein the PoC server queues the floor request from the requesting user equipment; a floor request handler which prioritizes the floor request within the queue based on the media type; and while the requesting user equipment receives a first service from the PoC server, a second media service which is associated with the queued floor request can be unloaded to the PoC server.