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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2017
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-Si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/10 (2009.01); H04W 4/08 (2009.01); H04W 4/22 (2009.01); H04W 76/00 (2009.01); H04W 88/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/10 (2013.01); H04W 4/08 (2013.01); H04W 4/22 (2013.01); H04W 76/005 (2013.01); H04W 88/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is a method in which a terminal provides a Mission Critical Push To Talk (MCPTT) service. The method includes receiving a group call announcement message by the terminal, which is any one of a plurality of terminals participating in a group call that is set based on the MCPTT service, comparing information regarding a first group call stored in the terminal with information regarding a second group call included in the received group call announcement message, and merging the first group call, in which the terminal is participating, and the second group call, based on a result of the comparison.