SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GROUP COMMUNICATIONS
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1. A method, comprising:
- receiving, by an electronic controller and from a device operated by a group coordinator, an indication of a request to transmit a message to a group;
distributing, by the electronic controller and in response to the receiving of the indication of the request to transmit the message to the group, the message to the group, wherein the group comprises a plurality of members;
receiving, by the electronic controller, after the distributing of the message to the group, and from the group, a plurality of responses to the message;
generating, by the electronic controller and after the receiving of the plurality of responses to the message, a status report message, wherein the status report message comprises information summarizing the received plurality of responses to the message; and
transmitting, by the electronic controller and to the device operated by the group coordinator, the generated status report message.
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Abstract
Systems, apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture for group communications.
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45 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving, by an electronic controller and from a device operated by a group coordinator, an indication of a request to transmit a message to a group; distributing, by the electronic controller and in response to the receiving of the indication of the request to transmit the message to the group, the message to the group, wherein the group comprises a plurality of members; receiving, by the electronic controller, after the distributing of the message to the group, and from the group, a plurality of responses to the message; generating, by the electronic controller and after the receiving of the plurality of responses to the message, a status report message, wherein the status report message comprises information summarizing the received plurality of responses to the message; and transmitting, by the electronic controller and to the device operated by the group coordinator, the generated status report message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method, comprising:
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receiving, by an electronic controller and from a device operated by a group coordinator, an indication of a request to schedule recurring communications between a recipient and a group, wherein the group comprises a plurality of members; determining, by the electronic controller and in response to the receiving of the indication of the request to schedule recurring communications between the recipient and the group, a schedule defining when each member of the group is responsible for communicating with the recipient; determining, by the electronic controller and after the determining of the schedule defining when each member of the group is responsible for communicating with the recipient, based on a current time and the schedule, which group member is next responsible for communicating with the recipient; transmitting, by the electronic controller, in response to the determining of which group member is next responsible for communicating with the recipient, and to the determined responsible group member, a reminder to communicate with the recipient during the next scheduled time; and determining, by the electronic controller and after the transmitting of the reminder to communicate with the recipient during the next scheduled time, whether the determined responsible group member has communicated with the recipient as scheduled. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that when executed by a processor of a mobile device result in:
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transmitting, to a remote electronic controller and via a Short Message Service (SMS), an indication of definition of a group of recipients; transmitting, to the remote electronic controller and via the SMS, a request to distribute an SMS message to the group; receiving, from the remote electronic controller, an SMS status report message generated by the remote electronic controller, wherein the SMS status report message is based on a plurality of responses received by the remote electronic controller in response to a distribution of the SMS message to the group, and wherein the SMS status report message comprises information summarizing the plurality of responses; and transmitting, to the remote electronic controller, via the SMS, and in response to the receiving of the SMS status report message, a selection of one of the recipients of the group.
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