System and method using local wireless network for group communications
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1. A method for communicating group call information, the method comprising;
- establishing a group call communication session between a wireless communication infrastructure and a plurality of communication units;
identifying, among said plurality of communication units in said group call communication session, a master communication unit and at least one slave communication unit capable of communication with said master communication unit via a local wireless communication protocol;
communicating a slave status notification to said wireless communication infrastructure using a long range wireless communication protocol, said slave status notification comprising an identifier for said at least one slave communication unit;
communicating, during said group call communication session, group call information from the wireless communication infrastructure to the master communication unit, and exclusive of communication to said at least one slave communication unit, using said long range wireless communication protocol;
redistributing the group call information from the master communication unit to the at least one slave communication unit using said local wireless communication protocol;
communicating a termination notification from said at least one slave communication unit to said wireless communication infrastructure when said at least one slave communication unit is not capable of communication with said master communication unit via said local wireless communication protocol, said termination notification comprising an identifier for said at least one slave communication unit; and
subsequent to said communicating said termination notification, continuing to communicate said group call information, using said long range communication protocol, from said wireless communication infrastructure to the at least one slave communication unit that corresponds to said identifier.
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Abstract
A system and method using a local wireless network for group communications are provided. The method includes establishing one of a plurality of mobile communication units as a master communication unit and establishing as slave communication units each of the plurality of mobile communication units that are not established as the master communication unit. The method further includes communicating group call information only to the master communication unit with the master communication unit redistributing the group call information to the slave communication units using a local wireless communication network.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for communicating group call information, the method comprising;
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establishing a group call communication session between a wireless communication infrastructure and a plurality of communication units; identifying, among said plurality of communication units in said group call communication session, a master communication unit and at least one slave communication unit capable of communication with said master communication unit via a local wireless communication protocol; communicating a slave status notification to said wireless communication infrastructure using a long range wireless communication protocol, said slave status notification comprising an identifier for said at least one slave communication unit; communicating, during said group call communication session, group call information from the wireless communication infrastructure to the master communication unit, and exclusive of communication to said at least one slave communication unit, using said long range wireless communication protocol; redistributing the group call information from the master communication unit to the at least one slave communication unit using said local wireless communication protocol; communicating a termination notification from said at least one slave communication unit to said wireless communication infrastructure when said at least one slave communication unit is not capable of communication with said master communication unit via said local wireless communication protocol, said termination notification comprising an identifier for said at least one slave communication unit; and subsequent to said communicating said termination notification, continuing to communicate said group call information, using said long range communication protocol, from said wireless communication infrastructure to the at least one slave communication unit that corresponds to said identifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A wireless communication system comprising:
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a plurality of mobile communication units each configured to communicate on a group call and communicate using a local wireless protocol, said plurality of mobile communication units comprising a master communication unit and at least one slave communication unit; a wireless communication infrastructure including a controller configured to establish a group call communication session with said plurality of mobile communication units using a long range wireless communication protocol, to receive a slave status notification comprising an identifier for said at least one slave communication unit, and to use said group call communication session to communicate group call information to the master communication unit during the group call, and exclusive of communication to said at least one slave communication unit, using said long range wireless communication protocol; wherein the master communication unit is configured to communicate the group call information received from the controller during said group call communication session, to the at least one slave communication unit using the local wireless protocol; wherein said at least one slave communication unit is configured to communicate a termination notification from said at least one slave communication unit to said wireless communication infrastructure when said at least one slave communication unit is not capable of communication with said master communication unit via said local wireless communication protocol, said termination notification comprising an identifier for said at least one slave communication unit; and wherein the wireless communication infrastructure is configured to continue to communicate said group call information to the at least one slave communication unit that corresponds to said identifier subsequent to receiving said termination notification, and using said long range communication protocol. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions thereon configured to instruct a processor to:
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establish a group call communication session between a wireless communication infrastructure and a plurality of mobile communication units comprising a master communication unit and at least one slave communication unit, using a long range wireless communication protocol; receive a slave status notification comprising an identifier for said at least one slave communication unit; facilitate communication, during said group call communication session, of group call information from the wireless communication infrastructure to said master communication unit, and exclusive of communication to said at least one slave communication unit, using said long range wireless communication protocol; facilitate redistribution of the group call information from the master communication unit to the at least one slave communication unit using said local wireless communication protocol; receive a termination notification from said at least one slave communication unit using said wireless communication infrastructure when said at least one slave communication unit is not capable of communication with said master communication unit via said local wireless communication protocol, said termination notification comprising an identifier for said at least one slave communication unit; and subsequent to receiving said termination notification, facilitating continued communication of said group call information, using said long range communication protocol, from said wireless communication infrastructure to the at least one slave communication unit that corresponds to said identifier.
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