US 7,394,798 B2
PUSH-TO TALK OVER AD-HOC NETWORKSGeneral
US 7,394,798 B2
PUSH-TO TALK OVER AD-HOC NETWORKS
Tech Center:
2600 Communications
Examiner:
Lewis West
Art Unit:
2618 Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory
Agent:
KASHA LAW LLC
Inventors:
Siamak Naghian
Assignee:
Priority:
10/13/04
Filed:
10/13/04
Granted:
07/01/08
Expiration:
03/29/26
Abstract
The invention proposes a network system comprising a plurality of network nodes (10, 11), each of the network nodes comprising means (103, 113) for temporarily forming a group with at least one of the plurality of network nodes, sending means (101, 111) for sending information (which may include voice, text message, images etc.) to the group and receiving means (102, 112) for receiving information from the group, wherein the sending means and the receiving means are configured to provide a direct contact via a radio connection (12) between at least two network nodes of the group. The invention also proposes a corresponding method, a corresponding network node and network control nodes for assisting in forming temporary groups.
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
H04H04W84/08H04W