Communication between responders
First Claim
1. A method for communicating among responders from a plurality of responder agencies, the method comprising:
- determining, by a first remote computing device of a first responder agency, that a first plurality of responders from the first responder agency are located at an event or location, wherein each of the first plurality of responders has a computing device, the computing devices of the first plurality of responders are configured to communicate with each other;
determining, by a second remote computing device of a second responder agency, that a second plurality of responders from the second responder agency are located at the event or location, wherein each of the second plurality of responders has a computing device, the computing devices of the second plurality of responders are configured to communicate with each other;
receiving, by the computing devices of the first plurality of responders and by the computing devices of the second plurality of the responders, authorization from the first and second responder agencies to permit direct communication between responders from the first and second responder agencies; and
in response to determining by the first remote computing device, determining by the second remote computing device, and receiving the authorization, establishing a communication link between the computing devices of the first plurality of responders and the computing devices of the second plurality of responders, wherein the communication link permits direct communication between the first plurality of responders and the second plurality of responders.
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Abstract
A method for communicating among responders from a plurality of responder agencies includes determining that responders from two responder agencies are located at an event or location. Each of the responders from the two responder agencies has a computing device that is configured to communicate with the other computing device of the responders. Authorization is received from the two responder agencies to permit direct communication between responders from the two responder agencies. A communication link is established between the computing devices of the responders of the two responder agencies in response to determining that the responders from the two responder agencies are located at the event or location and in response to receiving the authorization. The communication link permits direct communication between the responders of the two responder agencies.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for communicating among responders from a plurality of responder agencies, the method comprising:
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determining, by a first remote computing device of a first responder agency, that a first plurality of responders from the first responder agency are located at an event or location, wherein each of the first plurality of responders has a computing device, the computing devices of the first plurality of responders are configured to communicate with each other; determining, by a second remote computing device of a second responder agency, that a second plurality of responders from the second responder agency are located at the event or location, wherein each of the second plurality of responders has a computing device, the computing devices of the second plurality of responders are configured to communicate with each other; receiving, by the computing devices of the first plurality of responders and by the computing devices of the second plurality of the responders, authorization from the first and second responder agencies to permit direct communication between responders from the first and second responder agencies; and in response to determining by the first remote computing device, determining by the second remote computing device, and receiving the authorization, establishing a communication link between the computing devices of the first plurality of responders and the computing devices of the second plurality of responders, wherein the communication link permits direct communication between the first plurality of responders and the second plurality of responders. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for establishing communication among responders, the method comprising:
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determining, by a first remote computing device of a first responder agency, that a first plurality of computing devices is located at an event or location, the first plurality of computing devices from a first agency, each computing device of the first plurality respectively associated with one responder of the first agency, the first plurality of computing devices configured to communicate with each other via a network; determining, by a second remote computing device of a second responder agency, that a second plurality of computing devices is located at the event or location, the second plurality of computing devices from a second agency, each computing device of the second plurality respectively associated with one responder of the second agency, the second plurality of computing devices configured to communicate with each other via the network; receiving, by the first plurality of computing devices and the second plurality of computing devices, authorization from the first agency and the second agency to permit direct communication between the first plurality of computing devices and the second plurality of computing devices, authorization received via the network; in response to receiving authorization, establishing a communication link via the network between the first plurality of computing devices and the second plurality of computing devices thereby establishing direct communication between responders of the first agency and responders of the second agency;
wherein the first remote computing device and the second remote computing device;are located remote from the event or location; and communicate with the first plurality of computing devices and the second plurality of computing devices via the network. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method performed for establishing direct communication between computing devices of a first agency and computing devices of a second agency, the method comprising:
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determining, by a first remote computer of the first agency, that a first group of one or more computing devices of the first agency is located at an event or location, each computing device of the first group associated with a respective responder of the first agency and a respective responder device carried by the responder, each computing device of the first group configured to communicate with other computing devices of the first agency, the first remote computer, and the respective responder device associated with the computing device; determining, by a second remote computer of the second agency, that a second group of one or more computing devices of the second agency is located at an event or location, each computing device of the second group associated with a respective responder of the second agency and a respective responder device carried by the responder, each computing device of the second group configured to communicate with other computing devices of the second agency, the second remote computer, and the respective responder device associated with the computing device; responsive to determining by the first remote computer and the second remote computer, receiving, by the computing devices of the first group, a first authorization from the first remote computer to permit direct communication between the computing devices of the first group and the second group; responsive to determining by the first remote computer and the second remote computer, receiving, by the computing devices of the second group, a second authorization from the second remote computer to permit direct communication between the computing devices of the second group and the first group; responsive to receiving the first authorization and the second authorization, establishing, by the computing devices of the first group and the computing devices of the second group, a first communication link between the computing devices of the first group and the computing devices of the second group whereby the first communication link enables direct communication between the computing devices of the first group and the computing devices of the second group; and transmitting, by any computing device of the first or second group, data from the responder device associated with the transmitting computing device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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