Method for real-time talk-group creation within a push to talk for an incident report system

• US 10,715,967 B1
• Filed: 09/20/2019
• Issued: 07/14/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2019
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Motorola Solutions, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Motorola Solutions, Inc.
• Inventors: Gan, Guo Dong, Subramaniam, Moheinvarman, Soo, Swee Yee, Chan, Wei Lun
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Hai V
• Application Number:
  US16/576,824
• Time in Patent Office: 298 Days
• Field of Search: 455519, 455518
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2365 Ensuring data consistency and integrity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/08 User group management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/10 Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-On-Call services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

A method and apparatus for notifying authors of a conflict in a report is described herein. During operation authors'"'"' devices will be dynamically added to a particular talkgroup if it is determined that a conflict in a report has been detected.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a database comprising a plurality of reports about a particular incident that happened in the past;

logic circuitry operable to;

access a first report about the particular incident;

access a second report about the particular incident;

determine that a discrepancy exists between the first and the second reports; and

cause a talkgroup to be created based on a fact that the discrepancy exists, wherein members of the talkgroup comprise authors of the first and the second report.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the authors of the first and the second report were assigned to the particular incident.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the apparatus causes the talkgroup to be created by sending a command to create the talkgroup to infrastructure equipment.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 wherein the command comprises a dynamic regroup command.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the logic circuitry is also operable to:

determine an identification of the particular incident;

determine who was assigned to the particular incident; and

cause the talkgroup to include those assigned to the particular incident.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein the identification of the particular incident comprises a computer aided dispatch identification (CAD_ID).

7. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the logic circuitry is further operable to:

notify members of the talkgroup that a talkgroup has been created and that conflicting information exists within the incident reports.

8. A method comprising the steps of:

accessing a first report about a particular incident;

accessing a second report about the particular incident;

determining that a discrepancy exists between the first and the second reports; and

causing a talkgroup to be created based on a fact that the discrepancy exists, wherein members of the talkgroup comprise authors of the first and the second report.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein authors of the first and the second report were assigned to the particular incident.

10. The method of claim 8 wherein the step of causing the talkgroup to be created comprises the step of sending a command to create the talkgroup to infrastructure equipment.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the command comprises a dynamic regroup command.

12. The method of claim 8 further comprising the steps of:

determining an identification of the particular incident;

determining who was assigned to the particular incident; and

causing the talkgroup to include those assigned to the particular incident.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein the identification of the particular incident comprises a computer aided dispatch identification (CAD_ID).

14. The method of claim 8 further comprising the step of;

notifying members of the talkgroup that a talkgroup has been created and that conflicting information exists within the incident reports.

15. A method comprising the steps of:

accessing a first report about a particular incident;

accessing a second report about the particular incident;

determining that a discrepancy exists between the first and the second reports;

mapping whether or not a discrepancy exists between the first and the second reports to whether or not a talkgroup should be created;

determining an identification of the particular incident;

determining who was assigned to the particular incident;

causing a talkgroup to be created based on a fact that the discrepancy exists, wherein members of the talkgroup comprise authors of the first and the second report and those who were assigned to the particular incident.