Group call server, group call system, terminal, and group call control method
View Patent ↗An object of the present invention is to be able to rejoin a group call by spontaneous operation from the terminal side at an optional timing. The group call server provides a plurality of mobile communications terminals with a function of a group call between the terminals through a communications network, and comprises: an ID granting unit that grants the group call to be established a call ID that identifies the group call; an ID notification unit that gives the terminals participating in the group call to be established the call ID granted to the group call by the ID granting unit; a rejoin request receiving unit that receives requests to rejoin the group call that have been transmitted from a terminal disconnected from the group call and that include the call ID; and a rejoin control unit that allows the terminal that transmitted the request to rejoin the group call related to the call ID included in the rejoin request received by the rejoin request receiving unit.
1. A terminal that conducts a group call by receiving, from a group call server, provision of a function of a group call between a plurality of terminals through a mobile communications network, comprising:
means for participating in a group call by sending a group call start request to said group call server, or by receiving a participation request sent from said group call server based on a group call start request from another terminal;
means for acquiring a call ID, which identifies the group call and is assigned by said group call server to the group call;
means for transmitting a request to rejoin said group call, which includes the call ID; and
means for determining whether said terminal is positioned in a communications area of the mobile communications network, a request to rejoin being transmitted based on the determination.
2. The terminal according to claim 1 , further comprising:
means for storing communications history related to group calls in which said terminal has participated, the communications history being stored in conjunction with the call ID related to the group call; and
means for referencing the stored communications history and generating a rejoin request based on the stored communications history.
3. A group call control method causing a terminal to conduct group calls by receiving from a group call server provision of a function of a group call between a plurality of terminals through a mobile communications network, the method comprising:
participating, at a group call function controller, in a group call by sending a group call start request to the group call server, or by receiving a participation request sent from said group call server based on a group call start request from another terminal;
acquiring, at the group call function controller, a call ID, which identifies the group call and is assigned by said group call server to the group call;
transmitting, from a request transmission control unit, a request to rejoin the group call, which includes the call ID; and
determining, at the request transmission control unit, whether said terminal is positioned in a communications area of the mobile communications network, a request to rejoin being transmitted based on the determination.