METHOD AND APPARATUS TO ALLOW TWO WAY RADIO USERS TO ACCESS VOICE ENABLED APPLICATIONS

• US 20050186992A1
• Filed: 02/17/2005
• Published: 08/25/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: nVoq, Inc.
• Original Assignee: nVoq, Inc.
• Inventors: Marquette, Brian, Sajor, Michael, Skret, Slawomir, Corfield, Charles, Hartzell, Dale
• Application Number:
  US10/906,393
• Publication Number:
  US 20050186992A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/563
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/44 Transmit/receive switching

Abstract

A radio interface or radio gateway is provided. The radio interface or gateway provides two way radio users the ability to access voice-enabled processor based applications.

Claims

1. A system to allow two way radio access to voice-enabled processor based applications, the system comprising:

at least one two way radio; and

at least one processor, the at least one processor comprising;

a radio interface, and

at least one voice-enabled processor based application, wherein the radio interface comprises;

a converter to convert audio signals between a radio protocol and a processor protocol;

an emulation signal generator, the emulation signal generator sending a signal to the at least one two way radio to simulate a transmission status such that the at least one radio transmits.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor comprises a plurality of processors connected through a network.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the at least one voice-enabled processor based application is hosted remote from the radio interface and accessible through the network.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising at least one radio repeater.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the radio interface further comprises an emulator control, the emulator control controls when the emulation signal generator generates the signal.

6. The system of claim 1, further comprising at least another radio connected to the at least one radio using two way radio protocols.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the at least another radio provides a radio identification with an audio signal such that the at least one processor can associate the at least one voice-enabled processor based application with the radio identification.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the at least another radio comprises a plurality of other radios connected to the at least one radio.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one radio comprises a plurality of first radios and the at least one radio interface comprises at least a corresponding plurality of radio interfaces.

10. The system of claim 9, further comprising a plurality of second radios corresponding to the plurality of first radios such that users of the plurality of second radios can access the at least one voice-enabled processor based application.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one radio provides a channel busy signal to the radio interface causing the radio interface to delay broadcasting.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the channel busy signal comprises a squelch signal.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the squelch signal is a continuous tone coded squelch signal.

14. A radio interface to connect a radio to a processor such that the radio can transmit data to and receive data from voice-enabled processor based applications, the radio interface comprising:

a radio device, the radio device to receive incoming data from a radio user and to broadcast outgoing data to the radio user;

a converter, the converter to covert the incoming data from the radio user to a digital format usable by a processor and to cover the outgoing data from the processor into an audio signal receivable by the radio user; and

a transmit key simulator, the transmit key simulator generating a simulation signal usable by the radio device to simulate a radio transmit state.

15. The radio interface of claim 14, wherein the radio is remote from the converter and the transmit key simulator.

16. The radio interface of claim 14, wherein the radio device is a radio repeater.

17. The radio interface of claim 14, wherein the radio device is a two way radio.

18. The radio interface of claim 14, wherein the radio device provides a channel busy signal when a channel is not available for transmission.

19. The radio interface of claim 14, wherein the radio device receives incoming data from a plurality of radio users and broadcasts outgoing data to the plurality of radio users.