SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC CREATION OF ROLE BASED TALK GROUPS

• US 20100177661A1
• Filed: 01/09/2009
• Published: 07/15/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Pine Valley Investments, Inc. (L3Harris Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Pine Valley Investments, Inc. (L3Harris Technologies, Inc.)
• Inventors: Dailey, Timothy Eugene
• Application Number:
  US12/351,647
• Publication Number:
  US 20100177661A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/254
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/08 User group management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/186 Processing of subscriber group data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/22 Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities

Abstract

A system and method for dynamic creation of role based call groups are provided. The method includes associating attributes with a plurality of radio units and defining a communication group based on the attributes. The communication group has a plurality of required attributes establishing minimum criteria for the communication group. The method further includes dynamically maintaining the communication group with radio units that satisfy the required attributes.

Claims

1. A method for creating a communication group for wireless communication, the method comprising:

associating attributes with a plurality of radio units;

defining a communication group based on the attributes, the communication group having a plurality of required attributes establishing minimum criteria for the communication group; and

dynamically maintaining the communication group with radio units that satisfy the required attributes.

2. A method in accordance with claim 1 wherein dynamically maintaining the communication group comprises adding radio units to the communication group and further comprising determining whether the added radio units fulfill the minimum criteria.

3. A method in accordance with claim 2 further comprising providing notification if the minimum criteria is not fulfilled.

4. A method in accordance with claim 1 further comprising storing in a central database attributes associated with each of a plurality of radio units.

5. A method in accordance with claim 1 further comprising storing in each of a plurality of radio units attributes associated with the radio units.

6. A method in accordance with claim 1 wherein dynamically maintaining the communication group comprises adding radio units to the communication group based on a trigger event.

7. A method in accordance -with claim 6 wherein the trigger event comprises at least one of a logging in of a radio unit, a logging out of a radio unit, a change in state of a radio unit and a change in location of radio unit.

8. A method in accordance with claim 1 wherein dynamically maintaining the communication group comprises dynamically adding to the communication group radio units within a range of a determined location.

9. A method in accordance with claim 1 further comprising storing the required attributes in a central database.

10. A method in accordance with claim 1 wherein the attributes comprise skills of users associated with the radio units.

11. A method in accordance with claim 1 wherein the attributes comprise specifications of a piece of equipment.

12. A method in accordance with claim 1 wherein the required attributes are defined based on an electronic work ticket.

13. A method in accordance with claim 1 wherein the required attributes are defined based on predetermined rules.

14. A method in accordance with claim 1 further comprising displaying a status of the required attributes.

15. A method for dynamically creating a communication group, the method comprising:

accessing a central database having stored therein attributes associated with a plurality of radio units;

determining rules for a communication group;

identifying radio units with attributes that satisfy the rules for the communication group; and

adding the identified radio units to the communication group, the added radio units connected to a group call.

16. A method in accordance with claim 15 further comprising determining whether a minimum set of attributes are fulfilled and providing notification when the minimum set of attributes are not fulfilled.

17. A method in accordance with claim 15 wherein adding the identified radio units to the communication group is automatic.

18. A method in accordance with claim 15 wherein the rules for the communication group are fixed.

19. A method in accordance with claim 15 wherein the rules for the communication group are changeable.

20. A communication system comprising:

a plurality of radio units configured to communicate via group calls;

a database storing attributes associated with each of the plurality of radio units;

a processor configured to process rules to determine a set of attributes for a communication group; and

a controller configured to dynamically maintain the communication group to include radio units from the plurality of radio units that satisfy a minimum set of attributes.