METHOD TO PROVIDE AD HOC AND PASSWORD PROTECTED DIGITAL AND VOICE NETWORKS
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Abstract
A method and system includes the ability for individuals to set up an ad hoc digital and voice network easily and rapidly to allow users to coordinate their activities by eliminating the need for pre-entry of data into a web or identifying others by name, phone numbers or email. This method is especially useful for police, fire fighters, military, first responders or other emergency situations for coordinating different organizations at the scene of a disaster to elevate conventional communication problems either up and down the chain of command or cross communication between different emergency units. The method and system provides that the users are only required to enter a specific Server IP address and an ad hoc event name, a password and perhaps the name of the particular unit.
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88 Claims
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59. A method performed by a mobile device having a display and one or more processors, the method comprising:
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executing operations on the one or more processors of the mobile device, the operations comprising; associating the mobile device with an identifier, wherein the identifier corresponds to a network participant; determining a device location corresponding to a geographical location of the mobile device; displaying, on the display of the mobile device, an interactive map comprising a participant symbol corresponding to the device location and one or more vehicle symbols corresponding to respective vehicle locations of one or more vehicles; responsive to user input, transmitting first information to a first vehicle of the one or more vehicles; and receiving second information corresponding to the first vehicle and displaying the received second information on the display of the mobile device, wherein the mobile device does not have access to a phone number associated with a computing device corresponding to the first vehicle, an Internet Protocol (IP) address associated with the computing device corresponding to the first vehicle, and an e-mail address associated with the computing device corresponding to the first vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73)
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74. A system comprising a mobile device contained in a portable housing, the mobile device comprising:
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a touch screen display, non-transitory computer-readable media, and a central processing unit (CPU); a mobile device transmitter communicatively coupled to the CPU; a mobile device receiver communicatively coupled to the CPU; a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, communicatively coupled to the CPU, configured to obtain geographical coordinates corresponding to a geographical location of the mobile device; the CPU configured to execute instructions to perform operations comprising; associating the mobile device with an identifier, wherein the identifier corresponds to a network participant; determining, by the CPU, a device location corresponding to the geographical location of the mobile device based on the geographical coordinates obtained by the GPS receiver located within the mobile device; displaying, on the touch screen display of the mobile device, an interactive map comprising a participant symbol corresponding to the device location and one or more vehicle symbols corresponding to respective vehicle locations of one or more vehicles; after receiving user input on the touch screen display, transmitting, by the mobile device transmitter, first information to a first vehicle of the one or more vehicles; and after transmitting the first information to the first vehicle, receiving, at the mobile device receiver, second information corresponding to the first vehicle and displaying the received second information on the touch screen display of the mobile device, wherein the mobile device does not have access to a phone number associated with a computing device corresponding to the first vehicle, an Internet Protocol (IP) address associated with the computing device corresponding to the first vehicle, and an e-mail address associated with the computing device corresponding to the first vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88)
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