Push-to-talk features in wireless communications devices and methods

A wireless communications terminal that communicates in a communications infrastructure and methods therefor including opening a push-to-talk (PTT) contact list application on the terminal when the terminal is in a dormant state, for example, by depressing a PTT input, and transitioning the terminal...

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Main Authors Brown, Marshall L, Brenner, David S, Kraisornsuthasinee, Thaveesak, Lee, Jennifer M, Li, Ling, Vohra, Archana, Zuckerman, William L
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 03.01.2012
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Summary:A wireless communications terminal that communicates in a communications infrastructure and methods therefor including opening a push-to-talk (PTT) contact list application on the terminal when the terminal is in a dormant state, for example, by depressing a PTT input, and transitioning the terminal from the dormant state to an active state when the PTT contact list application is opened. Other PTT features include among others indicating on the terminal whether PTT contacts in the contact list are available for a PTT session, and indicating which PTT participant is talking.