Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
455519000 | Talk group forming (e.g., dynamic regrouping, talk group assignment) | 66 |
20080233991 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING APPROPRIATE CHANNELS FOR COMMUNICATION - During operation of a secondary communication system | 09-25-2008 |
20080280637 | Method and System for Handling Dynamic Incidents - A method for handling dynamic incidents includes initiating a first policy in response to a first incident. The first policy comprises a plurality of actions to be performed in response to the first incident. The method also includes creating at least one virtual talk group comprising a plurality of endpoints of different communication networks communicating using a respective communication protocol. The method further includes monitoring a plurality of events via a plurality of sources. At least one source comprises an endpoint from the plurality of endpoints of the virtual talk group. The method additionally includes detecting a deviation event and storing information indicative of the deviation event. | 11-13-2008 |
20080305821 | Method and System for Dividing Single Poc Group Session - A method and system for dividing a signal push-to-talk-over-cellular (PoC) group session are provided. The method includes requesting, at a PoC client, session division to a participating PoC function (PF) of a PoC server that manages a PoC session to which the PoC client belongs; requesting, at the PF of the PoC server, the session division to a controlling PoC function (CF) of a PoC server; transmitting, at the CF of the PoC server, information necessary for a new PoC session to at least one PoC client that desires to participate in the new PoC session while requesting the session division; and connecting, at the PoC client which is to participate in the new PoC session, to a CF of a PoC server which manages the new PoC session through a CF of an existing PoC server to thereby participate in the new PoC session. | 12-11-2008 |
20090017857 | METHOD FOR SUPPORTING PEER-TO-PEER COMMUNICATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for supporting a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) communication in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes identifying whether a Mobile Station (MS) is in a wireless communication active state, a P2P active state, or a P2P previous active state, and transiting to the P2P active state if a P2P connection request occurs in the P2P previous active state and transiting to the P2P previous active state if a P2P communication termination occurs in the P2P active state. | 01-15-2009 |
20090017858 | Method and system for peer-to-peer communication in a communication system - A method and system for establishing a P2P communication connection between mobile stations in a cellular communication system are provided, in which a first mobile station transmits a first request message requesting setup of a P2P communication connection to a base station, receives a neighbor table including information about mobile stations capable of P2P communications with the first mobile station from the base station, selects a second mobile station with which to establish the P2P communication connection using the neighbor table, and establishes the P2P communication connection with the second mobile station. | 01-15-2009 |
20090054098 | METHOD AND MOBILE STATION FOR AUTOMATIC CREATION OF TALK GROUP - A method of automatic creation of a talk group in a wireless radio communication system comprising a plurality of mobile stations, said method comprising the steps of: transmitting by a first mobile station an emergency message containing at least its ID and localization data; transmitting by other mobile stations their IDs and localization data in response to said emergency message; creating said talk group by selecting those mobile stations which transmitted their IDs and localization data. | 02-26-2009 |
20090082051 | MOBILE GROUP DATA DISTRIBUTION - A mobile collaborative community system provides distribution of shared data (e.g., media, preference, calendar, contacts, tasks, etc.) for a group of individuals (e.g., families, business organization, team, project, etc.) to the mobile devices of the group members. The system maintains a central repository or database of shared data for groups, as well as information defining the groups, user membership in the groups, and the mobile devices associated with the users. The system distributes the shared data for a group to the mobile devices of the user who are members of the group. The users can make changes to shared group data on their mobile devices, which changes are returned to the central repository and re-distributed to update the shared data on the mobile devices of all group members. | 03-26-2009 |
20090215483 | Methods and Apparatus for Push to Talk Type Service - A method and apparatus for including media content in a session invite procedure for a push to talk type service in a radio communication network. Client A sends an invitation to Client B inviting Client B to establish a push to talk type session. The invitation includes a representation of the media content, smaller than the media content itself. The representation may be a compressed or reduced-size or reduced-resolution version of the media content or an extract thereof. The representation is displayed or played to the Client B user, who decides whether to accept the invitation. The invitation may be a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Invite message, and the service may be a push to talk over cellular (PoC) service. | 08-27-2009 |
20090233639 | System and method for managing group communications - Provided is a system for managing group communications. The system comprises a communications server accessible by a group of users having a first mobile communication device and a second mobile communication device; a local services network interactively connected to the communications server; a group management application resident on the communications server, the group management application configured to activate a group communication session corresponding to an identification code assigned to the group, to support communications among the first mobile communication device, the second mobile communication device, and the local services network during the group session, and to terminate the group session after a predetermined time interval; the system designed to manage and distribute communications across the members of the group during the group communication session. | 09-17-2009 |
20090239567 | POC SERVER AUTOMATIC SEARCH METHOD, QUALITY ADJUSTMENT METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING THESE METHODS - In conventional services for communicating various media, there are limits to the number of users, the number of group lists, and the like that can be handled by servers provided by communication providers. A service system includes a server provider network | 09-24-2009 |
20090247208 | TECHNIQUE FOR CONTROLLING POINT-TO-MULTIPOINT DATA TRANSMISSIONS - A technique for controlling a point-to-multipoint (PTM) transmission of data over a PTM-enabled network ( | 10-01-2009 |
20090291704 | Method of Establishing Parallel Group Services Over Disparate Communication Networks - Users affiliated with a first narrowband talk group or participating in a narrowband talk group communication are able to establish a parallel communication group with the same users of the first talk group using alternate communication devices to enable transmission of multimedia over the disparate communication networks. One or more databases store and correlate information regarding the users of the narrowband talk group, as well as information regarding the user's communication devices and access technologies employed by the communication devices to determine the possible broadband groups available and an acceptable access technology to transmit the multimedia to the broadband group/data group users. The disparate network group manager informs the users of the narrowband talk group of the presence or availability of the parallel broadband group and establishes the parallel broadband group session when requested to do so by a user of the narrowband talk group. | 11-26-2009 |
20090298525 | INTEROPERABILITY AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM DYNAMIC MEDIA PROXY BASED ON CAPABILITY NEGOTIATION - A system and methodology to facilitate communication between non-compatible communication devices by utilization of a dynamic media proxy is provided. Information associated with an endpoint, such as, media capabilities, identity and system resource information is collected. Media proxy'ing is performed as part of capability negotiation. A dynamic media proxy is employed based on an analysis of the collected information. An analysis component can identify an endpoint that does not adhere to specific rules of transmission and can dynamically connect such an endpoint to a VTG (virtual talk group) via a proxy to prevent the endpoint from transmitting media into an active VTG that already has multiple talkers streaming media. Additionally, the location where media processing can occur can be dynamically determined based on the available system resources. | 12-03-2009 |
20090312045 | DYNAMIC GROUP PRIORITIZATION IN COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - An apparatus and method for dynamic group prioritization in a communication network includes a first step ( | 12-17-2009 |
20100004014 | Multi-Users Real-Time Transcoding System and Method for Multimedia Sessions - A method an system for establishing a multi-user communication session, having a session description, between terminals with incompatible media characteristics, in which users with terminals having incompatible media characteristics are invited to participate in the communication session. A transcoding session is set up for enabling transcoding between the incompatible media characteristics of the terminals based on information about the terminals of the users having accepted the invitation, this information comprising the media characteristics of the users' terminals. The session description is established according to the transcoding session and, during the communication session, media streams from the terminal of one user are transcoded according to the transcoding session and the transcoded media streams are transmitted according to the session description to the other users participating in the communication session, using the media characteristics of the terminals of those other users. | 01-07-2010 |
20100029316 | Initiating A Selective Dynamic Group Call From A Wireless Mobile Application - A method and a wireless mobile device for initiating selective dynamic group (SDG) calls in an application on a push-to-talk (PTT) capable wireless network using a concatenated sequence of PTT mobile numbers. The PTT mobile numbers are separated by PTT call identifiers in a concatenated sequence. The PTT mobile numbers are validated and a PTT SDG call sequence is generated using the plurality of validated PTT mobile numbers when a call initiator input is received. The PTT SDG call is then initiated on the wireless network to the PTT mobile numbers in the sequence. | 02-04-2010 |
20100159976 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FORMING A COMMUNICATION GROUP FOR CONTENT DISTRIBUTION RELATED TO AN EVENT - A method and system is implemented to form a communication group comprising a plurality of entities. The method includes receiving a resource manager state generated for an event and extracting a plurality of parameters that indicate resource availability based on the resource manager state. The method further includes applying a set of rules to the resource state and to the plurality of parameters to select resources to form a communication group comprising a plurality of entities to distribute content related to the event. | 06-24-2010 |
20100261497 | REDUCING DELAYS IN PUSH TO TALK OVER CELLULAR SYSTEMS - In a push-to-talk communication system, frames are sent by a talking device before confirmation that the device has the floor. These are flagged, sent for a limited duration and buffered in a listening device. Playback is triggered either by receipt of frames flagged as ‘confirmed’ or by receipt of the ‘receiving talk burst’ message from a server. | 10-14-2010 |
20100323742 | Methods And Apparatus For Providing PTT Data Buffering Support Indications From Mobile Devices And PTT Data Buffering Control By Wireless Networks - 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. | 12-23-2010 |
20110136532 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A COMMUNITY OF MOBILE DEVICES - In a community of mobile devices, a non-participating device can be joined to the community if the non-participating device meets location dependent criteria. The device's location can be determined, e.g. be an onboard GPS, from which it can be determined if the device is within a geospatial boundary of the community. The geospatial boundary may be calculated from the locations of community member devices. Only devices that meet the location dependent criteria will be eligible for participation in the community. | 06-09-2011 |
20110143803 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GROUP CALL INITIATION - Upon a user's command, a communication device accesses a call list having a plurality identifiers and receives a user's selection of a talkgroup identifier from the call list. The communication device switches to a first channel associated with the selected talkgroup identifier to allow a call on the first channel. When the call ends, the communication device sets a first timer and monitors the first channel for voice activity, and if voice activity is detected, continues the call on the first channel. When the first timer expires and no voice activity is detected, the communication device sets a second timer and scans a home channel for voice activity; and if no voice activity is detected, the communication device continues to monitor the first channel until the second timer expires or voice activity is detected on the home channel, then it automatically switches to the home channel. | 06-16-2011 |
20110151917 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BRIDGING CALLS BETWEEN TWO DISPARATE PUSH-TO-TALK SYSTEMS - A PTT bridging gateway between a first PTT system and a second disparate PTT system: receives an invitation to a first client to join a first group call for a first group comprising multiple member clients on the first PTT system, wherein the first client is one of the member clients of the first group; determines that the first client is mapped to a second group comprising multiple member clients on the second PTT system; and initiates a second group call to the multiple member clients on the second PTT system. | 06-23-2011 |
20110319117 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMICALLY ADDING PARTICIPANTS INTO AN EXISTING TALK GROUP - In one embodiment, a method includes initiating a dynamic group call, detecting a call alert, and identifying a user system responsible for the call alert. The dynamic group call includes at least one original participant, and is initiated such that an ability to automatically add at least one new participant to the dynamic group call is enabled. Identifying the user system includes obtaining an indicator from the call alert. The indicator is associated with the user system. Finally, the method includes automatically adding the user system to the dynamic group call. | 12-29-2011 |
20120021796 | MULTI-USERS REAL-TIME TRANSCODING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTIMEDIA SESSIONS - A method an system for establishing a multi-user communication session, having a session description, between terminals with incompatible media characteristics, in which users with terminals having incompatible media characteristics are invited to participate in the communication session. A transcoding session is set up for enabling transcoding between the incompatible media characteristics of the terminals based on information about the terminals of the users having accepted the invitation, this information comprising the media characteristics of the users' terminals. The session description is established according to the transcoding session and, during the communication session, media streams from the terminal of one user are transcoded according to the transcoding session and the transcoded media streams are transmitted according to the session description to the other users participating in the communication session, using the media characteristics of the terminals of those other users. | 01-26-2012 |
20120122510 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY DEKEYING A TALK GROUP SPEAKER TO JOIN A MULTI-GROUP COMMUNICATION - A radio communication system supports talk group communication and multi-group communication. Upon initiating a multi-group communication, the system causes any active talk group speakers in the talk groups included in the multi-group to dekey by changing the identifier in a monitored control channel of the talk group from the identifier of the present talk group speaker to a different value. | 05-17-2012 |
20120142391 | ACCESS POINT FOR ASSIGNING GROUP ID AND METHOD OF ASSIGNING GROUP ID - Provided is an access point that may transmit information about a data receiving terminal that receives data from the access point, to a terminal, using a limited number of bits. Using an overloading scheme, information about multiple terminals may be expressed based on a limited number of bits. | 06-07-2012 |
20120157149 | METHOD FOR MANAGING PRE-ESTABLISHED SESSION, POC SYSTEM AND POC USER EQUIPMENT FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME - Disclosed is a method for enabling a terminating-side Push-To-Talk (PTT) over Cellular (PoC) client to open a PoC session by using a pre-established session, and to maintain the pre-established session when the terminating-side PoC client terminates the open PoC session, and a PoC system and a PoC User Equipment (UE) for implementing the same. To this end, a REFER BYE message is used to terminate the PoC session while keeping the pre-established session maintained. The REFER BYE message must include information, such as pre-established session parameter information, a session IDentifier (ID), etc. Also, the REFER BYE message is transmitted from the PoC client to the PoC server, and the PoC server receives the REFER BYE message, checks the contents of a header in the received message, and terminates the PoC session while keeping the pre-established session maintained when a specified condition is satisfied. | 06-21-2012 |
20120190397 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING SIGNAL IN MACHINE TO MACHINE COMMUNICATION - A method of relaying a base station that operates as a relay link in order for a first base station to communicate with a second base station that is connected to backhaul includes: forming, by the first base station, a relay station with the second base station; and starting, by the first base station, a relay mode. | 07-26-2012 |
20120214535 | METHOD AND MOBILE STATION FOR AUTOMATIC CREATION OF TALK GROUP - A method of automatic creation of a talk group in a wireless radio communication system comprising a plurality of mobile stations, said method comprising the steps of: transmitting by a first mobile station an emergency message containing at least its ID and localization data; transmitting by other mobile stations their IDs and localization data in response to said emergency message; creating said talk group by selecting those mobile stations which transmitted their IDs and localization data. | 08-23-2012 |
20130029716 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING GROUP-BASED M2M COMMUNICATION - Disclosed are an apparatus and method for performing group-based machine to machine (M2M) communication. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method in which a plurality of M2M communication devices from a group, and a specific M2M communication device which is a member of the group performs communication with a base station, comprises the following steps: transmitting, to the base station, a first message for requesting network registration; receiving, as a response to the first message, a second message containing information on the representative M2M communication device which is a representative of the group; and transmitting, to the representative M2M communication device, data to be transmitted to the base station on the basis of the second message. | 01-31-2013 |
20130102352 | Fleet Communication Network - A communication network for a fleet of vehicles is disclosed. The communication network has a first group of the fleet of vehicles having a first level of priority on the network and a second group of the fleet of vehicles having a second level of priority on the network. A first vehicle in the first group is assigned as a supervisor of a second vehicle in the second group. | 04-25-2013 |
20130130736 | GROUP COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A group communication method of a terminal is provided. The terminal establishes a group call connection with a first base station belonging to a group call zone, and receives group call data from the first base station. When moving to the coverage area of a second base station belonging to the group call zone, the terminal receives group call data from the second base station. | 05-23-2013 |
20130137476 | TERMINAL APPARATUS - A mobile terminal apparatus implements, via a server apparatus, group communication that is communication among members belonging to a same group. The mobile terminal apparatus generates a group selection image used for selecting an objective group for which the group communication is implemented. The group selection image includes: a selection candidate image indicating one or more candidate groups that are selection candidates for the objective group; and a location image including a map image and an icon image indicating a member belonging to one candidate group among the one or more candidate groups, at a location corresponding to positioning information of the member, on the map image. | 05-30-2013 |
20130165174 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTIPLE SIMULTANEOUS COMMUNICATION GROUPS IN A WIRELESS SYSTEM - A system and method enable a wireless device to support simultaneously multiple push-to-talk (PTT) communications and interrupt certain PTT communication with higher priority ones. A user subscribes to multiple PTT communication groups and designates one of the groups as the primary group. The wireless device receives and plays PTT communications from the multiple PTT communication groups and interrupts playing of a PTT communication from a non-primary group if a PTT communication is received from the primary PTT communication group. | 06-27-2013 |
20130184027 | Group Call Management - A method of setting up a call group for participation in a group call by a number of mobile devices in a mobile telecommunications network. The mobile telecommunications network includes a serving node in communication with the mobile devices. The method includes the serving node receiving data indicative of a group identifier from a given mobile device registered with the mobile telecommunications network. The method also includes defining a group call area using the received group identifier, and the serving node discriminating one call group registered with the telecommunications network from another call group registered with the telecommunications network based upon the defined group call area. | 07-18-2013 |
20130252656 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO MANAGE WIRELESS DIRECT ACCESS COMMUNICATION GROUP - A method for managing a direct communication group in a wireless terminal includes searching for a direct communication group, collecting connection information of the direct communication group, and connecting to the terminal of the direct communication group without further user selection. An apparatus to manage a direct communication group may directly connect to a wireless terminal with the selection of a direct communication group. A method for managing a direct communication group in a terminal includes: displaying information of at least one direct communication group including at least one peripheral terminal; searching for the peripheral terminal of a selected direct communication group; directly connecting to the peripheral terminal according to selected information of the direct communication group. | 09-26-2013 |
20130303227 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, MOBILE STATION, AND BASE STATION - Process loads of a base station and a mobile station are reduced when setting a group with respect to a plurality of mobile stations. The base station stores group information corresponding to a group assignable to a wireless device in association with the wireless device. The base station transmits group information to the wireless device through a relay station according to an authentication request from the wireless device. The base station generates call information defining a group requesting participation. The base station transmits call information to the wireless device through the relay station. The wireless device determines whether the group defined by call information and received from the base station includes the group corresponding to group information. The wireless device participates in the group determined to be included. The wireless device performs a data communication with other wireless devices participating in the group through the relay station. | 11-14-2013 |
20130324178 | CLOSED GROUP WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK PROVISIONING - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for provisioning a closed group of user equipment. In some embodiments, there is provided a method. The method may include receiving one or more first messages indicating a closed group comprising at least one of a plurality of user equipment; generating provisioning information for the closed group; and sending one or more second messages including the provisioning information to the at least one of the plurality of user equipment. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described. | 12-05-2013 |
20140031074 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus and method provide logic for processing information. In one implementation, an information processing apparatus may include a receiving unit configured to receive, from a first communications device, a first request to join a group of second communications devices. In such implementations, the first request includes first information identifying the group, and the group is associated with at least one connection right. The information processing apparatus may further includes control unit configured to associate the first communications device with the group, based at least the received information. | 01-30-2014 |
20140038658 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - Provided is a wireless communication apparatus including a reception unit that receives group information to identify a group as an operation input for additional registration with the group including a plurality of wireless communication apparatuses sharing a network connection right to connect to a predetermined network via a wireless line, and a control unit that, when the group information is received, transmits an addition request that requests the additional registration with the group to a management system that manages the group via a wireless line on condition that an approval operation has been performed by one of the wireless communication apparatuses included in the group. | 02-06-2014 |
20140099987 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - There is provided a wireless communication device including a wireless communication section which receives, in a group for wireless communication, information indicating a state of content use or provision by another device in the group, a calculation section which calculates, based on the received information, a number of devices operating a function of providing the content in the group and a number of devices operating a function of using the content in the group, and a judgment section which judges whether to change a topology of the group based on a relationship between the number of devices operating the function of providing the content and the number of devices operating the function of using the content and on states of content provision and use by a device operating as a master unit in the group. | 04-10-2014 |
20140106808 | ENHANCED PUSH TO TALK SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH FLOOR CONTROL AND MEDIA TRAFFIC OPTIMIZATION - An enhanced push to talk (PTT) method, a network, and a PTT server provide floor control and media traffic optimization for push to talk over cellular (PoC). Specifically, multiple Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) sessions are contemplated between controlling and participating servers while only requiring a single Real Time Protocol (RTP) session for media and a single Real Time Control Protocol (RTCP) session for floor control. In the single RTP and RTCP session, the synchronization source identifier (SSRC) can be used to differentiate between users equipment (UEs) at the controlling and participating servers. | 04-17-2014 |
20140106809 | SELECTIVELY GRANTING A FLOOR DURING SET-UP OF A COMMUNICATION SESSION WITHIN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - An embodiment is directed to an application server configured to set-up a communication session within a wireless communications system. The application server receives, from a session originator, a request to initiate the communication session with a set of session targets, and then transmits one or more call announcement messages for announcing the communication session to the set of session targets. The application server determines information associated with a probability that the set of session targets will fail to accept the announced communication session, and/or delay information associated with when call responses will arrive from the set of session targets in response to the one or more call announcement messages. The application server selectively grants a floor of the communication session to the session originator based on the determined information. | 04-17-2014 |
20140113674 | GROUP ASSOCIATION BASED ON NETWORK DETERMINED LOCATION - Systems, methods, and devices enable group associations based on network determined location information. The various embodiments enable the ad-hoc creation of mobile device groups based on network determined locations. In an embodiment, a server may determine the location of a mobile device and based on the mobile device being located in a pairing zone may add the mobile device to a group. In an embodiment, the server may add the mobile device to the group following the occurrence of a trigger event, such as the mobile device pausing in a given pairing zone for a period of time. In an embodiment, the server may identify that mobile devices are located within a pairing zone and may add all the mobile devices in the pairing zone to the same group. | 04-24-2014 |
20140135052 | Creating a Communication Group - This document describes tools capable of enabling users of mobile communication devices to create communication groups quickly and easily. With such a communication group a user may call, text, or instant message all persons in the group at once by selecting the communication group rather than each person in the group. In one embodiment, the tools enable a user to build a communication group by dragging and dropping indicators for persons he or she knows from one area of a screen into another area. In another embodiment, the tools automatically collect persons from those that the user knows based on one or more criteria. The user may then easily create a communication group of those collected persons, such as by tapping on an area of a mobile device's display. | 05-15-2014 |
20140135053 | PRIORITIZATION OF GROUP COMMUNICATIONS AT A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - An embodiment is directed to switching between server-arbitrated group communication sessions at an access terminal (AT) within a wireless communications system. The AT participates in a first group communication session when it receives an announce message announcing a second group communication session, acquires priority levels for the first and/or second group communication sessions and determines whether to switch between sessions based on the priority level(s). In another embodiment, the AT participates in a given processing task (e.g., a gaming session, a voice call, a group session, etc.) when it receives an alert that relates to a group communication session. If the alert is specially configured to force the given access terminal to drop the given processing task, the AT drops the given processing task irrespective of whether the AT later joins the announced group communication session. | 05-15-2014 |
20140141828 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRIGGERING TERMINAL GROUP - The disclosure discloses a method for triggering a terminal group, including that a network side sending a group triggering message to each terminal of the terminal group, wherein the group triggering message is used for indicating each terminal of the terminal group to connect to the network, and each terminal of the terminal group establishing connection with the network according to the group triggering message. The disclosure also discloses a system for triggering a terminal group, which realizes to synchronously trigger all the terminals of one terminal group, and makes the operator network better optimize the message volume of the terminal group which needs to receive the same messages when the Group Based Addressing characteristic of the terminal group is activated. | 05-22-2014 |
20140187280 | PROGRAMMING SECONDARY COMMUNICATION GROUPS TO DEVICES ARRANGED IN A HIERARCHY OF GROUPS - Primary and/or secondary communication groups can be assigned to users with communication devices arranged in a hierarchy (FIG. | 07-03-2014 |
20140206408 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING GROUP DELEGATOR IN WIRELESS CONNECTION SYSTEM SUPPORTING MACHINE-TO-MACHINE COMMUNICATION - The present invention provides various methods and an apparatuses for supporting a group delegator (GD) in a wireless access system supporting Machine to Machine (M2M) communication. A method for selecting the group delegator (GD) in a wireless access system supporting the Machine to Machine (M2M) communication, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: an M2M device belonging to an M2M group receiving a broadcasting message including a first critical value, which is used for selecting the GD; an M2M device generating a first random value, which is used for selecting the GD; and selecting the GD by comparing the first critical value and the first random value. | 07-24-2014 |
20140243034 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING A TALKGROUP - A method and apparatus for talkgroup creation are provided herein. During operation context-aware circuitry will continuously monitor a given area for a specific event or condition. When triggered, the context-aware circuitry will notify a radio controller of the trigger causing talkgroups to be formed specific to the event or condition that is detected. Thus, various radios will be included within a talkgroup as a direct result of the triggering event or condition. | 08-28-2014 |
20140243035 | COMMUNICATION GROUP GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - Methods and apparatus are provided for generating a communication group. An input for initiating generation of the communication group is received while the terminal operates in a communication group generation mode. One or more communication group participant terminals are sought in response to the input. When at least one communication group participant terminal is found, it is determined whether an owner terminal of the communication group exists among the at least one communication group participant terminal based on predetermined priority determination criteria. When the owner terminal of the communication group exists, an invitation message is received from the owner terminal. The owner terminal is connected to upon reception of the invitation message. | 08-28-2014 |
20140287792 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NEARBY GROUP FORMATION BY COMBINING AUDITORY AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - An approach is provided for group formation based on a synchronized response mechanism. A group platform may determine a request to form at least one group of one or more devices. Then, the group platform may cause, at least in part, a transmission of at least one challenge signal to the one or more devices, wherein the at least one challenge signal includes, at least in part, at least one audio signal, at least one visual signal, or a combination thereof, and wherein the transmission specifies at least one synchronized response time. Then, the group platform causes, at least in part, a formation of the at least one group comprising the one or more devices that provide at least one response signal in reply to the at least one audio signal, the at least one visual signal, or a combination thereof at least substantially currently with the at least one synchronized response time. | 09-25-2014 |
20150045080 | Data processing method, in an ad hoc radio communication network, radio communication stations and corresponding computer programmes - A method for data processing, in an ad hoc radio communication network including a set of radio communication stations each forming a node of the ad hoc network, in order to create a group of stations, including the following steps: creating by a first station of a first message indicating the network address of the group and the network addresses of the stations in the group; transmitting from all of the stations in the ad hoc network, the said first message; upon receipt of the said first message by the said station, each station: records in a lookup correlation-mapping table, the network address of the group in correlation with the network addresses of the stations in the group; and if the network address of the said station is present among the network addresses of the stations in the group, records the network address of the group indicated in the first message as the group address of the said station. | 02-12-2015 |
20150045081 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING A COMMUNICATION GROUP USING AN ADDRESS BOOK - A method and apparatus for creating a communication group for a given type of communication using a mobile station for initiating communication sessions of the given type among mobile stations are disclosed. A group definition for determining members of the new communication group is composed from one or more contacts from the electronic address book such as by selecting from the address book using the mobile station. The group definition may include logical operators to define the combination of contacts. A name may be specified for the new group. The assembly of the list of members may be performed by the mobile station, a communication network server for maintaining groups (e.g. a Group and List Management Server (GLMS)) or an email server. | 02-12-2015 |
20150045082 | Interoperability and Communications System Dynamic Media Proxy Based on Capability Negotiation - A system and methodology to facilitate communication between non-compatible communication devices by utilization of a dynamic media proxy is provided. Information associated with an endpoint, such as, media capabilities, identity and system resource information is collected. Media proxy'ing is performed as part of capability negotiation. A dynamic media proxy is employed based on an analysis of the collected information. An analysis component can identify an endpoint that does not adhere to specific rules of transmission and can dynamically connect such an endpoint to a VTG (virtual talk group) via a proxy to prevent the endpoint from transmitting media into an active VTG that already has multiple talkers streaming media. Additionally, the location where media processing can occur can be dynamically determined based on the available system resources. | 02-12-2015 |
20150057042 | CREATING MULTIPLE HOME PHONE GROUPS FROM A NETWORK OF COMMUNICATION DEVICES - Exemplary embodiments for creating one or more home phone groups from a network of communication devices comprise receiving from one or more users, configuration parameters for the one or more home phone groups that identify the communication devices in the home phone groups; a proximity designation for each of the communication devices; and a group mode setting for each of the communication devices that controls participation in the assigned home phone groups. The group mode setting for each of the communication devices is automatically activated is when the current location of each respective communication device meets the proximity designation. Users control participation of their communication devices within the assigned home phone groups by changing the designated proximity and/or a manual override of the group mode setting. When an incoming call is received, the call is routed to each communication device in the identified home phone group that has an active group mode setting. | 02-26-2015 |
20150094111 | System for Preemptive and Proximate Association in Industrial Networks - A temporary work group system may include one or more network devices and one or more working devices. The network device can allocate an access point in a network to provide network access to a temporary work group. Working devices may be selectively identified by the network device as being available for inclusion in the temporary work group based on a first predetermined criteria that includes proximity to the access point and authentication of each of the working devices. Selectively identified working devices can be associated with the temporary work group based on a second predetermined criteria that includes a respective relative location of the working devices and respective functionality of the working devices. The system may preempt working devices from association with the work group session until such devices meet both the first predetermined criteria and the second predetermined criteria. | 04-02-2015 |
20150141067 | Ad-hoc Group Bidding - Mobile devices band together in an ad hoc grouping based on their location. As the mobile devices travel, their users may have a shared, mutual goal at a common location. The mobile devices having the common location are invited to join the ad hoc grouping. Should any of the mobile devices accept and join the ad hoc grouping, the users may act as a cohesive unit and bid to achieve their shared, mutual goal. | 05-21-2015 |
20160105778 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADDING A MOBILE RADIO TO A TALKGROUP - At least one embodiment takes the form of a process carried out by a first radio-network switching system (RNSS). The first RNSS maintains a talkgroup of mobile radios that includes a first mobile radio. The first RNSS receives an add-mobile-radio request from the first mobile radio and responsively sends an add-mobile-radio response to the first mobile radio. The add-mobile-radio response includes an add-mobile-radio authentication token. The first RNSS receives, from a second mobile radio, an add-mobile-radio authentication message that identifies the second mobile radio and that includes the add-mobile-radio authentication token. In response to receiving the add-mobile-radio authentication message from the second mobile radio, the first RNSS adds the identified second mobile radio to the talkgroup. | 04-14-2016 |
20160135229 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR JOINING A SUB-TALKGROUP OF A FIRST TALKGROUP - A process carried out by a first mobile radio for joining a sub-talkgroup of a first talkgroup includes receiving, via a provisioning process or via an infrastructure wireless communication interface from an infrastructure radio access network (RAN) while within wireless communication range of the RAN, a talkgroup-specific security token associated with and shared by all group mobile radios in a first talkgroup to which the first mobile radio is subscribed via the RAN. The first mobile radio then detects, via a short-range wireless communication interface, a second mobile radio, and authenticates, the second mobile radio using the talkgroup-specific security token. If the authentication is successful, the first mobile radio adds an identity of the second mobile radio to a sub-talkgroup set of mobile radios of the first talkgroup. | 05-12-2016 |
20160150382 | NODE AND METHOD FOR PRIVATE MOBILE RADIO SERVICES - Example embodiments described herein are directed towards a PTC node and wireless terminal, and corresponding methods therein, for extended PMR based services. According to some of the example embodiments, through use of a PTC node, a wireless terminal may be simultaneously registered with the public radio access based network and the PMR based network. Thus, a wireless terminal which is not directly connected (or is unable to connect to) a PMR based network may still receive messages originating from the PMR based network. | 05-26-2016 |
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20160381525 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of wireless communication. For example, a wireless communication unit may include a Multi Media-Access-Control (MAC) Address Station-Management-Entity (MM-SME) managing a plurality of MAC entities having a respective plurality of MAC addresses. The wireless communication unit may transmit a frame including a Multi-MAC-Addresses-Element (MMAE), which includes two or more MAC addresses of the plurality of MAC addresses and a control field defining at least one common communication attribute to be applied to the two or more MAC addresses. | 12-29-2016 |
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