Patent ID: 8000732

Claim:
A method of requesting a floor in a push to talk type service in which the floor is required for a first terminal to distribute media content to a second terminal participating in a push to talk type session, said method comprising the steps of: creating in the first terminal, a floor request message requesting a given type of media content and at least one different type of media content, wherein the floor request message indicates, for the given media type, a manner or extent to which allowance or denial of the request for the given media type affects or depends upon allowance or denial of the request for the at least one different media type, wherein the floor request message indicates that if the request for the given media type is denied, the request for the at least one different media type should also be denied, and the floor request message indicates that the request for the given media type should only be allowed if the request for the at least one different media type is allowed; and sending the floor request message from the first terminal to a server controlling the push to talk type session.