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First Claim
1. A method for conducting a dispatch multi-party communication session, comprising the acts of:
- establishing a dispatch multi-party communication session in a dispatch network;
identifying the dispatch multi-party communication session to a subscriber of the dispatch network;
receiving a join request at the dispatch network from the subscriber in response to the act of identifying the dispatch multi-party communication session to the subscriber;
joining the subscriber to the dispatch multi-party communication session in response to the received join request;
receiving an invitation to join the dispatch multi-party communication session directed to a called party at the 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.
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Abstract
A system and method of conducting a dispatch multi-party communication session is disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of a method of the present invention, the method includes establishing a dispatch multi-party communication session in a dispatch network and identifying the dispatch multi-party communication session to a subscriber of the dispatch network. A join request is received at the dispatch network from the subscriber in response to identifying the dispatch multi-party communication session and the subscriber is joined to the session in response to the received join request. In accordance with an embodiment of a system of the present invention, the system includes a dispatch network wherein the network establishes a dispatch multi-party communication session and identifies the dispatch multi-party communication session to a subscriber of the dispatch network. The dispatch network joins the subscriber to the dispatch multi-party communication session in response to a join request received at the dispatch network from the subscriber.
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41 Claims
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1. A method for conducting a dispatch multi-party communication session, comprising the acts of:
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establishing a dispatch multi-party communication session in a dispatch network; identifying the dispatch multi-party communication session to a subscriber of the dispatch network; receiving a join request at the dispatch network from the subscriber in response to the act of identifying the dispatch multi-party communication session to the subscriber; joining the subscriber to the dispatch multi-party communication session in response to the received join request; receiving an invitation to join the dispatch multi-party communication session directed to a called party at the 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 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method for conducting a dispatch multi-party communication session, comprising the acts of:
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establishing a dispatch multi-party communication session in a dispatch network; identifying the dispatch multi-party communication session to a subscriber of the dispatch network; receiving a join request at the dispatch network from the subscriber in response to the act of identifying the dispatch multi-party communication session to the subscriber; joining the subscriber to the dispatch multi-party communication session in response to the received join request; receiving an invitation to join the dispatch multi-party communication session directed to a called party at the dispatch network; transmitting the invitation to the called party by the dispatch network; receiving an acceptance to join the dispatch multi-party communication session from the called party at the dispatch network in response to the invitation; joining the called party to the dispatch multi-party communication session by the dispatch network; and snoozing the invitation by the called party and wherein the act of snoozing occurs prior to the act of receiving the acceptance at the dispatch network. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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33. A system for conducting a dispatch multi-party communication session, comprising:
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a dispatch network; wherein the dispatch network establishes a dispatch multi-party communication session and identifies the dispatch multi-party communication session to a subscriber of the dispatch network and further wherein the dispatch network joins the subscriber to the dispatch multi-party communication session in response to a join request received at the dispatch network from the subscriber in response to identifying the dispatch multi-party communication session to the subscriber by the dispatch network; and wherein the dispatch network receives an invitation to join the dispatch multi-party communication session directed to a called party, transmits the invitation to the called party, and provides an option to the called party to either accept the invitation, decline the invitation, or defer the invitation. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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