Regrouping wireless devices
First Claim
1. A method of operating an initiator wireless device in order to initiate switching of the initiator wireless device and a number of other wireless devices to a common traffic channel, the method comprising:
- automatically transmitting to a radio control manager an initiate switching message comprising location coordinates for the initiator wireless device in response to receiving a corresponding user initiated input, the initiate switching message initiating an automatic regrouping of the initiator and other wireless devices; and
automatically switching the initiator wireless device from a traffic channel on which the initiator wireless device was transmitting to the common traffic channel forming the talkgroup in response to receiving an instruction, based on the location coordinates and the initiate switching message, to switch to the common traffic channel from the radio control manager.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method of switching a number of wireless devices to a common channel. The method comprises automatically broadcasting location coordinates for an initiator wireless devices to the other wireless devices in response to receiving an initiate switching message comprising the location coordinates from the initiator wireless device; automatically determining the distance between each of the other wireless device and the initiator wireless device in response to receiving respective location based information from the other wireless devices; and transmitting an instruction to switch to the common channel to the initiator wireless device and the other wireless devices within a predetermined distance of the initiator wireless device.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of operating an initiator wireless device in order to initiate switching of the initiator wireless device and a number of other wireless devices to a common traffic channel, the method comprising:
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automatically transmitting to a radio control manager an initiate switching message comprising location coordinates for the initiator wireless device in response to receiving a corresponding user initiated input, the initiate switching message initiating an automatic regrouping of the initiator and other wireless devices; and automatically switching the initiator wireless device from a traffic channel on which the initiator wireless device was transmitting to the common traffic channel forming the talkgroup in response to receiving an instruction, based on the location coordinates and the initiate switching message, to switch to the common traffic channel from the radio control manager. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of switching a number of wireless devices to a common traffic channel, the method comprising:
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in response to receiving an initiate switching message comprising location coordinates from an initiator wireless device, automatically broadcasting the location coordinates for the initiator wireless device to other wireless devices, the initiate switching message initiating an automatic regrouping of the initiator and the other wireless devices; automatically determining the other wireless devices which are within a predetermined distance of the initiator wireless device as determined by the location coordinates from the initiator wireless device and in response to receiving respective location based information from the other wireless devices; and transmitting an instruction to switch from traffic channels on which the initiator wireless device and the other wireless devices were transmitting to the common traffic channel to the initiator wireless device and the other wireless devices within the predetermined distance of the initiator wireless device, whereby the other wireless devices and the initiator wireless device are enabled to communicate with each other using the common traffic channel. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of operating a wireless device in order to switch to a common traffic channel, the method comprising:
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receiving a broadcast of location coordinates of an initiator wireless device from a radio control manager; and automatically switching from a traffic channel on which the wireless device was transmitting to the common traffic channel in response to determining that the wireless device is within a predetermined distance of the initiator wireless device based on the location coordinates of the initiator wireless device and location coordinates of the wireless device, whereby the wireless device and the initiator wireless device are enabled to communicate with each other using the common traffic channel. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of switching a number of wireless devices to a common traffic channel, the method comprising:
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in response to receiving an initiate switching message comprising location based information from an initiator wireless device, automatically broadcasting a request for location coordinates message to other wireless devices, the initiate switching message initiating an automatic regrouping of the initiator and other wireless devices; automatically determining a distance between each of the other wireless devices and the initiator wireless device in response to receiving respective location coordinates from the other wireless devices and the location based information from the initiator wireless device; and transmitting an instruction to switch from traffic channels on which the initiator wireless device and the other wireless devices were transmitting to the common traffic channel to the initiator wireless device and the other wireless devices within a predetermined distance of the initiator wireless device, whereby the other wireless devices and the initiator wireless device are enabled to communicate with each other using the common traffic channel.
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