Method for a console to quickly monitor a group

• US 5,230,078 A
• Filed: 08/05/1991
• Issued: 07/20/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 08/05/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Varela, Ruth A., Fumarolo, Arthur L., Sommer, Kenneth G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Olms, Douglas W.
• Assistant Examiner(s): BLUM, RUSSELL
• Application Number:
  US07/740,358
• Time in Patent Office: 715 Days
• Field of Search: 370/79, 370/85.1, 340/825.06, 340/825.1, 340/825.15, 340/825.17, 379/34, 455/67.1, 455/67.7, 455/9
• US Class Current: 455/67.11
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/382 for resource allocation, admission control or handover
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/08 Trunked mobile radio systems

Abstract

In a communication system that comprises a plurality of communication groups, a plurality of transceivers, and a plurality of consoles which monitor selected communication groups, a console may quickly monitor an unmonitored communication in the following manner. When the console detects activity in a particular unmonitored communication group, that communication group is placed into a receive queue. Once the communication group is in the receive queue, a dispatcher of the console may select the communication group and place it into a monitoring queue. Once in the monitoring queue, the dispatcher has full monitoring capabilities over that communication group. Once the dispatcher is done with the communication group, or call activity ends in the communication group, the communication group is placed back into a system group list.

Claims

1. In a communication system that includes a plurality of communication units, a plurality of repeaters that transceive a limited number of communication resources, a central controller, and a plurality of consoles, a method for an operator of one of the plurality of consoles to quickly obtain full monitoring capabilities over an unmonitored communication resource, the method comprising the steps of:

a) detecting activity by an unmonitored communication resource to produce an active unmonitored communication resource;

b) placing the active unmonitored communication resource in a receive queue when the receive queue is active and when activity is detected on the active unmonitored communication resource;

c) transferring the active unmonitored communication resource to a monitoring queue when the unmonitored communication resource has been selected; and

d) removing the active unmonitored communication resource from the monitoring queue when the unmonitored communication resource is no longer active or when deleted from the monitoring queue.

2. In the method of claim 1 step (c) further comprises deleting an unmonitored communication resource from the monitored queue in a first in first out manner when the monitored queue is full.

3. In the method of claim 1 step (b) further comprises placing the active unmonitored communication resource at the top of the receive queue.

4. In the method of claim 1 step (b) further comprises highlighting on the console the active unmonitored communication resource when it is placed in the monitored queue.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprises temporarily prohibiting the placing the active unmonitored communication resource in the receive queue when the receive queue is deactivated.

6. In a communication system that includes a plurality of communication units arranged into communication groups, a plurality of repeaters that transceive a limited number of communication resource, and a plurality of CRT consoles that each contain menu driven software programs, a method for a CRT console to quickly obtain full monitoring capabilities over an unmonitored communication group, the method comprises the steps of:

a) detecting activity by an unmonitored communication group to produce an active unmonitored communication group;

b) placing the active unmonitored communication group in a receive queue when the receive queue is active and when activity is detected within the active unmonitored communication group;

c) transferring the active unmonitored communication group to a monitor queue when the active unmonitored communication group is selected by an on screen single user operation process; and

d) Removing the active unmonitored communication group from the monitoring queue when it is no longer active, when it is deleted from the monitoring queue, or when it is transferred to an assignable monitoring position.

7. In the method of claim 6 step (c) further comprises deleting an unmonitored communication resource from the monitored queue in a first in first out manner when the monitored queue is full.

8. In the method of claim 6 step (b) further comprises placing the active unmonitored communication resource at the top of the receive queue.

9. In the method of claim 6 step (b) further comprises highlighting on the CRT console the active unmonitored communication resource when it is placed in the monitored queue.

10. The method of claim 6 further comprises temporarily prohibiting the placing the active unmonitored communication resource in the receive queue when the receive queue is deactivated.

11. In a console that monitors a predetermined number of communication groups where some of the predetermined number of communication groups are fixed assignments and where some of the predetermined number of communication groups are assignable assignments, a method for the console to quickly monitor communication groups that the console is not presently monitoring, the method comprises the steps of:

a) detecting active on an unmonitored communication group to produce an active unmonitored communication group;

b) placing the active unmonitored communication group in a receive queue when the receive queue is active and when activity is detected within the active unmonitored communication group;

c) transferring the active unmonitored communication group to a monitor queue when the active unmonitored communication group is selected; and

d) removing the active unmonitored communication group from the monitoring queue when it is no longer active, when it is deleted from the monitoring queue, or when it is transferred to an assignable monitoring position.

12. In the method of claim 11 step (c) further comprises deleting an unmonitored communication resource from the monitored queue in a first in first out manner when the monitored queue is full.

13. In the method of claim 11 step (b) further comprises placing the active unmonitored communication resource at the top of the receive queue.

14. In the method of claim 11 step (b) further comprises highlighting on the console the active unmonitored communication resource when it is placed in the monitored queue.

15. The method of claim 11 further comprises temporarily prohibiting the placing the active unmonitored communication resource in the receive queue when the receive queue is deactivated.