US 11,671,473 B2
Implementing push-to-talk in a multimedia conferencing system
Joseph Mazzarella, Tolland, CT (US); Derrell Lipman, Billerica, MA (US); Anand Setlur, Wallingford, CT (US); and Michael Wengrovitz, Concord, MA (US)
Assigned to MUTUALINK, INC., Wallingford, CT (US)
Filed by Mutualink, Inc., Wallingford, CT (US)
Filed on Dec. 8, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/247,349.
Application 17/247,349 is a continuation of application No. 15/913,121, filed on Mar. 6, 2018, granted, now 10,862,932.
Prior Publication US 2021/0250393 A1, Aug. 12, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 65/4061 (2022.01); H04L 65/1069 (2022.01); H04L 65/403 (2022.01); H04N 7/15 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 65/4061 (2013.01) [H04L 65/1069 (2013.01); H04L 65/403 (2013.01); H04N 7/152 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method of implementing floor control in a conferencing session, the method comprising:
receiving, by one or more computing devices, a radio resource presence message from a radio gateway, the radio resource presence message indicating an entry of one or more half-duplex endpoints into the conferencing session, wherein the radio resource presence message is received while the conferencing session is operating in a full-duplex mode wherein each endpoint is communicating in the conferencing session using full-duplex communication techniques, wherein the one or more half-duplex endpoints communicate using only half-duplex communication techniques;
in response to receiving the radio resource presence message from the radio gateway, converting, by the one or more computing devices, the conferencing session from the full-duplex mode to a push-to-talk mode by implementing one or more floor control parameters in the conferencing session; and
granting, by the one or more computing devices, transmission capabilities to one or more endpoints based at least in part on the one or more floor control parameters associated with the conferencing session.