Radio/telephony interoperability system

• US 20060080344A1
• Filed: 10/24/2005
• Published: 04/13/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Michael T. Mckibben
• Original Assignee: Leader Technologies Incorporated
• Inventors: Lamb, Jeffrey R., McKibben, Michael T., Petronelli, Paul L.
• Granted Patent: US 7,925,246 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/04 with alarm systems, e.g. fire, police or burglar alarm systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/20 hybrid systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/04 for emergency applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42374 where the information is provided to a monitoring entity such as a potential calling party or a call processing server
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/56 Arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities video conference systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/50 for emergency connections

Abstract

A radio/telephony interoperability architecture that facilitates intercommunications between a security services network, elected officials and/or emergency services network and a telephony management system for one-way and two-way security and/or emergency teleconferencing communications. The telephony system creates a session in which one or more session participants can communicate with front-line mobile radio operators (e.g., first responder personnel) and radio band components. Mobile radio systems can be accessed via circuit-switched and packet-switched networks with communications capable of existing between horizontal services entities (e.g., city fire and police) and vertical entities (e.g., city, state, and federal agencies and personnel). Furthermore, the presence of participants and potential participants is provided to authorized users to facilitate the establishment of such conferences. Notifications and alarms are used to alert participants and potential participants of important events.

Claims

1. A system that facilitates emergency and/or security services communications, comprising:

a security and/or emergency communications component that facilitates emergency and/or security communications; and

an IP-based radio/telephony management component that interfaces to the security and/or emergency communications component and facilitates intercommunications therebetween.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the IP-based radio/telephony management system communicates via VoIP.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the security and/or emergency communications component facilitates communications to at least one of wired and wireless telephone communications systems.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the IP-based radio/telephony management component communicates emergency services information to a group of users via a single PIN.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the IP-based radio/telephony management component facilitates one-way and two-way communications.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the one-way communications is for emergency alerts.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the two-way communications is for teleconferencing.

8. The system of claim 1, further comprising an artificial intelligence component that employs a probabilistic and/or statistical-based analysis to prognose or infer an action that a user desires to be automatically performed.

9. The system of claim 1, further comprising a presence component that facilitates processing of presence data to determine presence of at least one of mobile radio user and a non-mobile radio user.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the security and/or emergency communications component includes a network interface that facilitates access to an IP-network and a cellular network.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the security and/or emergency communications component includes a band controller that controls and/or selects one or more radio subcomponents for intercommunications access.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the one or more radio subcomponents include at least one of city, county, state, police, fire, EMS, medical, and federal radio bands.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the security and/or emergency communications component includes a first responder controller that controls and/or selects one or more first responder radio subcomponents for intercommunications access.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the IP-based radio/telephony management component manages a session that includes a mobile radio operator that communicates via the security and/or emergency communications component.

15. A method of providing emergency and/or security services communications, comprising:

receiving a mobile radio component that facilitates mobile radio communications for emergency and/or security services;

creating a teleconferencing session for two or more session participants using a radio/telephony management component;

transmitting a message to the mobile radio component that selects a radio subcomponent;

connecting a mobile radio operator associated with the radio subcomponent to radio/telephony management component in response to receiving the message; and

binding the mobile radio operator into a teleconferencing session.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising processing access rights for each of the two or more session participants prior to granting access to the session.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising binding into the session a user how is associated with at least one of a city, county, state, police, fire, EMS, medical, and federal security and/or emergency entities.

18. The method of claim 15, further comprising managing two or more security and/or emergency teleconferencing sessions substantially simultaneously.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the message transmitted to the mobile radio operator is communicated over at least one of an IP network and a cellular network.

20. A system that facilitates emergency and/or security services communications, comprising:

means for receiving a mobile radio component that facilitates mobile radio communications for emergency and/or security services;

means for creating a teleconferencing session for two or more session participants using a radio/telephony management component;

means for transmitting a message to the mobile radio component that selects a radio subcomponent;

means for connecting a mobile radio operator associated with the radio subcomponent to radio/telephony management component in response to receiving the message;

means for processing access rights for each of the two or more session participants prior to granting access to the session; and

means for binding the mobile radio operator into a teleconferencing session.