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Method and system for managing virtual talk groups

  • US 9,112,746 B2
  • Filed: 04/05/2006
  • Issued: 08/18/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for managing virtual talk groups, comprising:

  • facilitating communications from a plurality of endpoints via an interoperability system, the plurality of endpoints comprising a first mobile endpoint using a first radio frequency and a second mobile endpoint using a second radio frequency different than the first radio frequency wherein each endpoint of the plurality of endpoints is associated with a communications infrastructure;

    relaying at least a first communication from the first mobile endpoint to the second mobile endpoint through the interoperability system;

    configuring a virtual talk group comprising a first group of the plurality of endpoints;

    determining one or more communications infrastructure support capabilities for at least one endpoint of the first group of the plurality of endpoints;

    assigning to at least one endpoint of the first group of the plurality of endpoints of the virtual talk group functionality with respect to the interoperability system based on a relative priority of the at least one endpoint to other endpoints of the first group of the plurality of endpoints and relative communications infrastructure support capabilities of the at least one endpoint compared to such capabilities of the other endpoints of the first group of the plurality of endpoints;

    wherein the virtual talk group is associated with an event;

    assigning to the at least one endpoint of the first group of the plurality of endpoints of the virtual talk group functionality with respect to the interoperability system comprises assigning to the at least one endpoint of the first group of the plurality of endpoints of the virtual talk group functionality with respect to the interoperability system based on a type of the event;

    monitoring a change in a severity of the event;

    reassigning to the at least one endpoint of the first group of the plurality of endpoints of the virtual talk group functionality with respect to the interoperability system based on the change in severity of the event;

    adding one or more additional endpoints of the plurality of endpoints to the virtual talk group based on the change in severity of the event;

    determining a required level of user based on the event; and

    adding to the virtual talk group an endpoint of the plurality of endpoints based on the required level of user.

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