Method and apparatus for a group communication system
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1. A method for communication comprising:
- identifying a group of selected members;
assigning the members of the group to a communication channel, wherein the communication channel is exclusive to the members of the group;
initiating communication without entering an identification number corresponding to the recipient of the communication; and
communicating between members of the group over the exclusive communication channel.
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Abstract
A method for communicating between a group of members includes identifying a group of selected members, assigning the members of the selected group to an exclusive communication channel, initiating communication without the need for a dialing mechanism, and communicating between members of the selected group over the exclusive communication channel. A communication system used to communicate between selected members includes user nodes, access points, and routers.
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63 Claims
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1. A method for communication comprising:
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identifying a group of selected members;
assigning the members of the group to a communication channel, wherein the communication channel is exclusive to the members of the group;
initiating communication without entering an identification number corresponding to the recipient of the communication; and
communicating between members of the group over the exclusive communication channel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A communication system comprising:
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at least two user node devices; and
at least one device to dynamically assign an exclusive communication channel for the at least two user node devices. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A user node device comprising:
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an access device to communicate over a communication channel; and
a group identification device coupled with the access device to be used by an assigner device and a communication device, wherein the assigner device assigns the user node device to a user defined group of member user node devices which has a corresponding exclusive communication channel solely for the members of the user defined group, and wherein the communication device excludes any user node devices which are not members of the user defined group from communicating over the exclusive communication channel and enables the members of the user defined group to communicate over the exclusive communication channel. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A user node device comprising:
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an access device to communicate over a communication channel;
a group identification device coupled with the access device to be used by an assigner device and a communication device, wherein the assigner device assigns the user node device to a user defined group of member user node devices which has a corresponding exclusive communication channel solely for the members of the user defined group, and wherein the communication device excludes any user node devices which are not members of the user defined group from communicating over the exclusive communication channel and enables the members of the user defined group to communicate over the exclusive communication channel;
a user input device to create messages to be transmitted by the transceiver; and
a user output device to present information received by the transceiver to a user. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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55. An apparatus for channel assignment comprising:
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a grouping device to select a plurality of user node devices as members of an exclusive group; and
a channel assignment device to assign the members of the selected exclusive group to an exclusive communication channel. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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61. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a sequence of instructions, the sequence of instructions including instructions which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform:
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identifying a group of selected members; and
assigning the members of the group to a communication channel, wherein the communication channel is exclusive to the members of the group. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63)
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