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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 20, 2013
Applicant:

Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;

Inventors:

Andrew Allen, Mundelein, IL (US);

Xin Jin, Waterloo, CA;

Wen Zhao, Kanata, CA;

Assignee:

BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/10 (2009.01); H04W 76/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/10 (2013.01); H04W 76/005 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one illustrative example, a technique in a mobile communication device which is operative in a wireless communication network for Push-To-Talk (PTT) communications involves receiving, at the mobile communication device, presence information associated with at least one other mobile communication device, the presence information including at least one of a current availability indication or capability indication; and buffering a PTT communication prior to its transmission from the mobile communication device based on the presence information. The current availability or capability indication may be an automatic answering indication or a media capability indication, as examples.


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