System and method for establishing an incident communications network
First Claim
1. A method for establishing an incident communications network that enables interoperable communications among communications resources controlled by multiple organizations during an incident involving emergency or pre-planned multi-organization communications, wherein an administrator controls a set of communications resources within an organization, comprising:
- upon an occurrence of an incident, establishing an incident identifier associated with the incident;
establishing communications among communications resources controlled by administrators that accept an invitation to be electronically coupled to the incident communications network, wherein communications among administrators and communications resources are exchanged on one or more communications channels associated with the incident identifier; and
granting communication rights to communications resources, wherein the rights granted for a communications resource are determined by an administrator that controls the communications resource, wherein an administrator retains control of communications resources that were under the control of the administrator prior to the start of the incident, wherein control is the ability to determine the capabilities of the communications resource that are made available to other organizations within the incident communications network.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a system and method for providing an interoperable communications system including a plurality of otherwise disjunct communication systems each including at least one communications device. The system includes a plurality of system interface controllers each coupled to one of the communication systems and a common network for connecting the communication system and associated communications devices to the common network. A controller is coupled to each of the system interface controllers. The system interface controller being operable in response to commands from an authorized controller wherein the connection between each of the communication systems and the common network is controlled by a controller associated with, and authorized to control each communication system. The system provides an interoperable communications system between the otherwise disjunct systems wherein the communications devices for each system coupled to the common network are in communication therebetween.
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29 Claims
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1. A method for establishing an incident communications network that enables interoperable communications among communications resources controlled by multiple organizations during an incident involving emergency or pre-planned multi-organization communications, wherein an administrator controls a set of communications resources within an organization, comprising:
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upon an occurrence of an incident, establishing an incident identifier associated with the incident; establishing communications among communications resources controlled by administrators that accept an invitation to be electronically coupled to the incident communications network, wherein communications among administrators and communications resources are exchanged on one or more communications channels associated with the incident identifier; and granting communication rights to communications resources, wherein the rights granted for a communications resource are determined by an administrator that controls the communications resource, wherein an administrator retains control of communications resources that were under the control of the administrator prior to the start of the incident, wherein control is the ability to determine the capabilities of the communications resource that are made available to other organizations within the incident communications network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A server having stored thereon computer executable instructions, execution of which by a processing device causes the processing device to perform operations for establishing an incident communications network that enables interoperable communications among communications resources controlled by multiple organizations during an incident involving emergency or pre-planned multi-organization communications, wherein an administrator controls a set of communications resources within an organization, the operations comprising:
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upon an occurrence of an incident, establishing an incident identifier associated with the incident; establishing communications among communications resources controlled by administrators that accept an invitation to be electronically coupled to the incident communications network, wherein communications among administrators and communications resources are exchanged on one or more communications channels associated with the incident identifier; and granting communication rights to communications resources, wherein the rights granted for a communications resource are determined by an administrator that controls the communications resource, wherein an administrator retains control of communications resources that were under the control of the administrator prior to the start of the incident, wherein control is the ability to determine the capabilities of the communications resource that are made available to other organizations within the incident communications network. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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