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System for providing high-efficiency push-to-talk communication service to large groups over large areas

  • US 9,693,206 B2
  • Filed: 05/24/2013
  • Issued: 06/27/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of providing a communication to a receiving device, comprising:

  • converting a first push-to-talk audio utterance captured with a push-to-talk communication device into a text based message; and

    transmitting, via a text delivery optimized communication network, said text based message to a server, said server returning a list of Global Data Broadcast (GDB) messages and corresponding destination parameters, determining a priority of said GDB messages based on said destination parameters, and transmittingsaid text based message, via an Iridium GDB communication network, to at least one receiving device based on a destination parameter associated with said text based message and a priority of said text based message, said at least one receiving device converting said text based message into a second push-to-talk audio utterance.

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