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7035658 Wireless communication device and network controller for affiliation with associated groups and method thereof  
A wireless communication device facilitated by a network controller and corresponding methods select a list of requested groups for affiliation from a list of associated groups. The list of...
7035657 Method and apparatus for supporting application-layer media multicasting  
A method and apparatus for delivering media to a group of target communication devices provides for multicasting media to the group of target communication devices to save network resources. The...
7035655 Communication device for reducing latency in a group communication network  
A method and apparatus for reducing perceived latency in a group communication network provides for receiving a request from a user of a communication device wishing to initiate a group call,...
7027803 Method for transmitting information  
A method is for transmitting information within a user group. Communication terminals, which are registered with a central communication device, are assigned to the individual users of the group....
7013158 Method and system for brokering frequencies to facilitate peer-to-peer communication  
A method and system for brokering frequencies for use in peer-to-peer communication sessions. A frequency broker receives session-participation messages from multiple parties wishing to communicate...
7013157 Method for multicast delivery with designated acknowledgment  
A packet format for multicast messages which designates a single receiver to send an acknowledgment to the multicast message. The designated receiver responds to the multicast message with an...
7010315 Method and apparatus for assigning a remote unit a channel within a communication system  
During a group call, each remote unit ( 113–118 ) receives a downlink supplemental transmission ( 109–110 ) that contains high-speed data (e.g., video). A single supplemental channel is...
7010314 Method for remote connection of machines and corresponding electronic analog apparatus  
The method for remote connection consists in identifying poles of interest common to several persons according to a technique which detects the areas of activity and the poles of interest and...
7010313 Communication system with controlled talk around mode  
The method provides talk around in the communication system by sending a talk around request from one of the subscriber units 101–108 to the base unit 100 . At the subscriber unit a RSSI...
7006827 Mobile-service switching center, base station controller, multicall communication mode supporting terminal and method of changing number of calls in multicall communication mode  
A method and apparatus of changing the number of calls in a multicall communication mode including detecting an occurrence of handover, transmitting a special message having inserted therein...
7006796 Optimized communication system for radio-assisted traffic services  
An optimized communications system for radio-assisted traffic services such as railroad services. In addition to the fixed-position central services and the fixed-position decentralized control...
7003286 System and method for conference call line drop recovery  
A system and method for identifying users dropped from a conference call and rejoining the user to the call upon reconnection. Users can participate in the conference by connecting through...
6999783 Method for creating a dynamic talk group  
The invention relates to dynamically creating talk groups in a communications system. A new dynamic group is created by a user who defines a group definition message in his subscriber station. This...
6999782 Method for joining dispatch calls  
A dispatch call setup method selects ( 101 ) either a forced dispatch call ( 105 ) or an invite dispatch call ( 103 ). The originating unit ( 20 ) of the dispatch call may select either option....
6996414 System and method of group calling in mobile communications  
Information is retrieved from a list of members of a group call group. Based on the retrieved information, a group call is established between first and second mobile stations (MS). The first MS is...
6993355 Methods and apparatus for connecting family members  
Communications methods for allowing groups of individuals, such as family members, to contact one another when no one is available to answer calls to a primary, e.g., family, telephone number are...
6990353 Communication to one mobile station of update of call participation availability status of another mobile station  
An application server component of an apparatus in one example communicates to one or more mobile stations, of a plurality of mobile stations, one or more updates of one or more statuses of...
6985750 Wireless network system  
Wireless local area networks (“wireless networks”) used to interrelate individual mobile nodes, and having the capability of automatically establishing and/or modifying functionality of a...
6983163 Multipoint communication method and communication control device  
In making a transition from two-point communication to three-point communication, by making preparations for three-point communication without interrupting two-point communication, and by making a...
6983162 Method for enhancing the communication capability in a wireless telecommunication system  
A method of enhancing a communication capability of a communication unit ( 112 ), operating in a communication system ( 100 ) that facilitates communication to and/or from a plurality of...
6980821 Call center access in a push to talk based call system  
A dispatch based call system configured to contact a call center using a single unique name or number. Multiple users are able to simultaneously dispatch the single generic call center number and...
6975873 System and method for tracking the relative location of mobile stations belonging to a pre-defined group of mobile stations  
Embodiments of the present invention are related to a method and apparatus for determining whether each mobile station in a pre-defined group of two or more mobile stations is in compliance with...
6973325 Temporary block flow allocation method  
For a push-to-talk function in a mobile communication system ( 30 ), an indication is received ( 35 ) by a user ( 50 ) that the talking floor is available. Next, an uplink temporary block flow is...
6970449 Distribution of packets in a wireless communication system using multicast protocols  
A communications system includes base transceiver stations providing wireless services for mobile units. The system further includes a packet network coupling the stations to a gateway. To...
6965779 Method and apparatus for providing dispatch calling through a wireless communication system infrastructure  
A device ( 102 ) external to a wireless communication system infrastructure ( 104 ), defines ( 402 ) a dispatch group having a dispatch group identifier and including a plurality of wireless units...
6963739 Method and apparatus for providing information intercept in an ad-hoc wireless network  
A reporting mobile station ( 800 ) operating in an ad-hoc wireless network ( 600 ) and method therein, receives, from the infrastructure ( 611 ), designation information ( 506 ) identifying a...
6937856 Method for push-to-listen remote monitoring  
A method of operating a wireless communication system ( 101 ) including initiating (S 402 ) a call from a first communications unit ( 120 ) to a second communications unit ( 130 ), embedding (S 404...
6928263 Local data delivery through beacons  
A communications system includes first and second beacon devices capable of wireless message transmission and at least one portable device capable of receiving such message transmissions. The first...
6925309 Method and apparatus for quickly establishing a CDMA dispatch call  
To address the need for an apparatus and method for quickly establishing a CDMA dispatch call, the present invention provides for paging mobile stations (e.g., 120-123 ) to inform them of the call...
6922547 Methods and apparatus for supporting group communications  
Group communications methods and apparatus are described. In particular, methods for granting a mobile device access to a communications resource, e.g., the right to transmit data, associated with...
6915138 Message exchange handling concept  
Message exchange handling concept. A message exchange session between wireless communication terminals via a wireless network is initiated from one of the terminals. The user of the initiating...
6912402 Method system and a network element for controlling point-to-multipoint transmission in a mobile communication system  
A method, a system and a network element for controlling the transmission of a message to be transmitted point-to-multipoint in a mobile communication system. In order to take the topically of the...
6895254 Method and apparatus for providing a dispatch call  
In addition to a hang timer ( 405 ), a second timer ( 403 ) (session timer) is introduced. A base station ( 101, 102 ) monitors a dispatch call, and if there exists no activity for a period of time...
6885874 Group location and route sharing system for communication units in a trunked communication system  
Methods are disclosed for sharing location and route information between communication units (e.g., talkgroup members) that are subscribed to a group location sharing service. The group location...
6882856 Method for dynamically configuring group calls in a radio system  
A method for setting up a dynamic group call includes the step ( 202 ) of selecting a group of radios ( 120, 121 ) by a dynamic group call originator ( 122 ). Once the radios that will be part of...
6882855 Method and apparatus for CDMA soft handoff for dispatch group members  
To address the need to provide listening participants of CDMA dispatch services soft handoff signaling capability, the concept of “shared channel signaling windows” for shared traffic channels...
6876865 Method for subscriber availability in a radio communications system  
The invention pertains to a method for reaching subscribers in a radio communication system in which an object identification is temporarily assigned to the subscribers. The temporary object...
6873854 Method and an apparatus for adding a new member to an active group call in a group communication network  
A method and apparatus for adding a member to an active call in a group communication network provides for receiving a member list from a user and sending a request to a server to add the member...
6865398 Method and system for selectively reducing call-setup latency through management of paging frequency and buffering of user speech in a wireless mobile station  
A method and system for selectively reducing call-setup latency. The method and system provides for selectively increasing the paging frequency used for paging certain mobile stations, so as to...
6856809 SMS conference  
A method, computer system, computer program product, and user interface for enabling SMS users to engage in many-to-many conversation, or an SMS conference, utilizing SMS services. Specifically, a...
6839614 Multi-mode in-vehicle control unit with network selectivity for transmitting vehicle data for fleet management  
A multi-mode in-vehicle control unit (ICU) contains a plurality of modems. Each modem allows the multi-mode ICU to transmit vehicle data over a different kind of transmission network. Exemplary...
6829487 Method and apparatus for establishing a communication group  
A method and apparatus for joining a communication group between users of wireless communication devices, comprising at least two users ( 302, 305 ) of communication devices who are members of said...
6804529 Trunked radio repeater communication system including home channel aliasing and call grouping  
A system for channel assignment in a trunked transmission communication system including a plurality of subscribers. A plurality of subscribers is provided home channel assignment to reduce...
6801783 Base site and method for quickly establishing a CDMA dispatch call  
To address the need for a base site and method for quickly establishing a CDMA dispatch call, the present invention provides for signaling mobile stations (e.g., 120-123 ) to inform them of the...
6792281 Method and system for patching dispatch calling parties together  
A wireless communication system ( 402 ) that provides dispatch communication service, and talk group calling service, supports several talk groups ( 408, 410 ). A console ( 412 ) operated by a...
6788949 Method and system for transfer of mobile chat sessions  
At least one method is disclosed for transferring a chat session involving a mobile information device from a first chat server to a second chat server. The method includes receiving at the second...
6778829 Method for indicating unusable sites to communication units in a communication system  
From an unusable site, one or more communication units selects a usable site, thereby reducing missed communications. First, a manager determines ( 201, 401, 601 ) that a site is unusable for a...
6778654 System for transfer control of telephone line  
A system for improving the level of service to the user, and billing according to user intentions while making effective use of telephone lines. The system includes a host computer ( 3 ) that...
6763243 Method and apparatus for providing prioritized multi-party communication sessions in a wireless communication system  
A wireless communication system that includes an MS that is a member of multiple talkgroups provides for a prioritization of the multiple talkgroups. A database included in the system maintains an...
6748230 Method and apparatus for updating announcement group information  
Method and apparatus for updating a subscriber unit with an announcement group identification. A subscriber unit ( 210 ) requests affiliation ( 301 ) with a talk group ( 202 ) and an unknown...
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