Patent ID: 7761108

Claim:
A method for managing a talk burst in a group communication, the method comprising: a PTT (Push To Talk) server allocating master authority to a PTT client that requested session establishment; and the PTT client having been allocated master authority determining a management procedure by selecting at least one of a plurality of management procedures; and the PTT server controlling at least one specific PTT client established in a session with the PTT client having been allocated master authority according to the determined management procedure of the PTT client having master authority, wherein the plurality of management procedures comprise: allocating a talk burst once to each of the at least one specific PTT client established in the session with the PTT client having been allocated master authority, releasing the talk burst of a specific PTT client having previously been allocated the talk burst when the specific PTT client has exceeded use of the talk burst beyond a predetermined time, preventing the talk burst of the at least one specific PTT client, allocating master authority to a third party PTT client, releasing the talk burst allocation to the third party PTT client and allocating priority for a next talk burst to the PTT client having been allocated master authority.