Ad-hoc dispatch chatroom
First Claim
1. A method for conducting a multi-party dispatch communication, comprising the acts of:
- receiving an invitation to join a multi-party dispatch communication session directed to a called party at a dispatch network;
transmitting the invitation to the called party by the dispatch network;
receiving an acceptance to join the multi-party communication session from the called party at the dispatch network in response to the invitation; and
joining the called party to the multi-party dispatch communication session by the dispatch network.
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Abstract
A system and method of establishing a multi-party dispatch communication session is disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of a method of the present invention, the method includes receiving an invitation to join a multi-party dispatch communication session directed to a called party at a dispatch network. The invitation is transmitted to the called party by the dispatch network and an option is provided to the called party to either accept the invitation, decline the invitation, or defer the invitation. In accordance with an embodiment of a system of the present invention, the system includes a dispatch network where the network transmits an invitation option to a plurality of called parties to either accept an invitation to join a multi-party dispatch communication session, decline the invitation, or defer the invitation. The dispatch network establishes a multi-party dispatch communication session between a set of the plurality of called parties that accept the invitation.
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33 Claims
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1. A method for conducting a multi-party dispatch communication, comprising the acts of:
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receiving an invitation to join a multi-party dispatch communication session directed to a called party at a dispatch network;
transmitting the invitation to the called party by the dispatch network;
receiving an acceptance to join the multi-party communication session from the called party at the dispatch network in response to the invitation; and
joining the called party to the multi-party dispatch communication session by the dispatch network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for establishing a multi-party dispatch communication, comprising the acts of:
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receiving an invitation to join a multi-party dispatch communication session directed to a called party at a dispatch network;
transmitting the invitation to the called party by the dispatch network; and
providing an option to the called party to either accept the invitation, decline the invitation, or defer the invitation by the dispatch network. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A system for establishing a multi-party dispatch communication, comprising:
a dispatch network, wherein the dispatch network transmits an invitation option to a plurality of called parties to either accept an invitation to join a multi-party dispatch communication session, decline the invitation, or defer the invitation and wherein the dispatch network establishes a multi-party dispatch communication session between a set of the plurality of called parties that accept the invitation. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33)
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