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Dispatch console having communication modules with caller tracking feature

  • US 5,999,820 A
  • Filed: 04/30/1997
  • Issued: 12/07/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A dispatch console for a radio system, said radio system including an audio switching tower which routes audio communications between a switching device and audio input/output devices at said dispatch console, comprising:

  • (a) a personal computer for communicating command messages to said audio switching tower, said personal computer storing information on numerous audio communications in said system;

    (b) a device connected to said personal computer permitting an operator of said display console to interface therewith; and

    (c) a display screen segmented into a plurality of windows, wherein at least one of said windows represents a communication module presenting information with respect to a particular talk group of said radio system, each said communication module further comprising;

    (1) a callee area for displaying an alias for said talk group programmed on said communication module;

    (2) a caller area for displaying an alias for a radio unit in said talk group when a call from said radio unit has been activated;

    (3) a call area for displaying a call type for a call activated by a radio unit in said talk group; and

    (4) a list box for displaying the aliases of a predetermined number of radio units in said talk group which have activated calls.

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