Method and apparatus for determining a communication target and facilitating communications based on an object descriptor

On the basis of the target object descriptor to communicate the decision and to facilitate the communication method and apparatus {METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A COMMUNICATION TARGET AND FACILITATING COMMUNICATIONS BASED ON AN OBJECT DESCRIPTOR}

0001The present art relates generally to communication systems, and more particularly to determining a communication target on the basis of the relationship between the object descriptor and the object and the target, and directed to facilitate the communication with the target.

0002In dynamic conditions (events), a public safety officer may need to communicate with the scenery that are not part of their daily team and the group (target). In these circumstances, these targets will not be programmed into the radio or the address book of landscapes, and even that may not be readily identifiable to any such communications officer. However, in relation to the target, and and / or police car in the target vicinity, better still comment Van (command van), such as an object is usually directly or indirectly, readily available technologies color pattern represents the identity in its engine and engine, text label, It has some eye-catching indicators such as symbols.

0003Therefore, determining the target, and there is a need for a method and apparatus using the relationship between the target and the object descriptor and the object to facilitate the communication with the target.

0004Accompanying drawings, like reference numerals are the same or to refer to similar elements and functional over the respective drawings are included in the specification with the following description and form a part, in addition to the various embodiments of concepts that include the claimed invention illustrated and serve to explain various principles and advantages of these embodiments. 1 is a system diagram of the overlay communication system and a signaling flow for determining a communication target on the basis of the object descriptor according to an embodiment. Figure 2 is a system diagram of the signaling flow and the overlay communication system for determining a communication target on the basis of the object descriptor in accordance with another embodiment. 3 is a system diagram of the overlay communication system and a signaling flow for determining a communication target on the basis of the object descriptor according to another embodiment. Skilled artisans may have elements in the figures are illustrated for simplicity and clarity it will be understood that there is no need to be drawn to scale. For example, the dimensions of some of the elements in the figures may be exaggerated relative to other aid components, to improve the understanding of various embodiments. Moreover, the description and drawings is not required to be the illustrated order. Any operation and / or steps described or to a particular order of occurrence while those skilled in the art will appreciate that the more that is understood to be shown is not required in fact that the specificity of the sequence. Apparatus and method components have been represented by conventional symbols in the drawings, where appropriate, so as not to those of ordinary skill in the art having the benefit of the present description easily obscure the disclosure present the obvious details of various embodiments only the details related to understanding the nature and the city. Therefore, for simplicity and clarity of illustration, useful in the embodiment it can execute a commercial or it is to be understood that known and well-known elements necessary may not be shown in order to facilitate a less intrusive view of these various embodiments.

0005Generally speaking, in accordance with various embodiments, the server determines a communication target on the basis of the object descriptor and perform a method for facilitating communication. Method receives a request for a technology, and communication operations of the target and of the relationship between the target object and the object descriptor, the communication system of the object from the requestor in a communication system; With the relationship between the object and the target object descriptor and include, for example, to determine the destination server via a multi-stage process. As determined by the target, the server establishes a communication session between the supplicant and the target, or; To the target alliance and the requester, or (when the destination is the communication group work); In order to set the destination as a data communication session requester (e.g., an identifier for the target) to the target and the communication operation will be more readily by transmitting.

0006The benefit of the teachings of the object descriptor, the relationship between the object and the attention communication destination, and by using the static and dynamic data available on the server for the case, determining a server to facilitate the target, and the ability to facilitate the communication with the target will. Those skilled in the art recognized that the above and other advantages described herein are merely exemplary and it will be understood that instead of a complete representation of all of the advantages of various embodiments.

0007Referring now to the drawings, and particularly Figure 1, a system diagram of the overlay communication system and a signaling flow for determining a communication target on the basis of the object descriptor, according to some embodiments is shown and indicated generally at 100. 2 and 3 each illustrate a communication system (200 and 300) that include any of the same entity as that included in the system 100, the technique of such an entity is not repeated for the sake of brevity. Those skilled in the art that example details contained herein illustrate only some embodiments and that the teachings described herein will be understood and appreciated that it is applicable to various alternative settings. For example, the described teaching is not dependent on a particular type used messaging or call control protocol or system implementation, it implement any type of standard or private messaging and call control protocols and public security, commercial, private, or public systems or it can be applied to a system implementation including a combination thereof.

0008In this exemplary embodiment, the system 100 includes a plurality of views or responder of the events (e. G., Views A (118) and B (128)) public security system that facilitates wireless communications between 102 It includes. Views A and B is used in the wireless network 130 and communicate with each other over the public security system 102 to communicate with the mobile device (116, 124, 126). Although not shown, facilitates communication between the wireless network 102 bridge, switch, controller, base station controller, a repeater, a base station, a base radio (Base Radio), base transceiver station, access point, router, or a wireless or entity in a wired environment as any other type of infrastructure equipment, but that may include a number of infrastructure devices typically referred to, but are not limited to these.

0009In addition, the mobile device (116, 124, 126) is in the art communications device, a client entity, access device, access terminal, user equipment, mobile station, is referred to as a subscriber unit, such as radios, mobile phones, two-way radio, a mobile phone , PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), or in a wireless environment can be any standard communication devices, such as any other device that may enable communication between users.

0010Public security system 102 is a database 106 associated with the server (104), PTT (push-to-talk) server 110, and dispatcher 114 to by operating the CAD (computer aided dispatch) system 112 It includes. In one exemplary embodiment, system 102 that enables the push-to-talk service use as shown, a call control standard TIA 102-AA of the series as a call control protocol as described in TIA (Telecommunications Industry Association) 102- series article, The TIA APCO Project 25 compliant communication systems. Alternative embodiment to the method, system 102 is OMA (Open Mobile Alliance) in by a published technical specification technique is that as the same PoC (Push to talk over Cellular) describes the use in a push to talk service can be and, It June 2002 IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) RFC (Request for Comments) 3261 to define the SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) for use. However, as described above, a specific system implementation does not limit the scope of the teachings herein. Furthermore, the server (104), PTT server 110, the CAD system 112 is shown in Figure 1 as a separate physical entity. However, in an alternative embodiment, the server 104 may share a common hardware and software and / or firmware platform, with one or both of the PTT server 110 and the CAD system 112.

0011PTT server 110 uses a start communication session is not limited to containing the group call but to, modify, and any suitable call to end the control signaling protocol (Examples are provided above), various media (e. g., voice, data, video, etc.) is exchanged during the communication session. CAD (112) is that the disclosed public safety call for service, response resources, the dispatch (e.g., answering machines and the devices were sent to an emergency scene), and the state of the response resource in the field, an event is present, and group membership, such as system health emergency communications dispatcher centralized public safety call centers to keep the data 114, No. acquirer, and 911 personnel, such as operators, MDT (mobile data terminal) or using the MDC (mobile data computer) It includes a software package that is used by the field personnel of the group, it can be used by server 104 to determine the communication target in accordance with the teachings herein.

0012Database 106 is the data, for example, maintaining the data 108, and includes a logical structure to access and / or data, which facilitates the determination by the server 104 of the communication partner in accordance with the teachings herein. In this situation, the database 106 is a PTT server (110), CAD system 112, server 104, network 130, the elements in, or a combination thereof, but is not limited to the server 104 It can be implemented in an accessible one or more physical devices. In another embodiment, the database 106 includes the links and references to other system entities, such as a CAD system 112 or APCO-25 compliant zone controller.

0013The data stored in the database 112, for example, a user and a unique identifier corresponding to his mobile device; Talk group identifier; Responder identifier for the resource and devices, such as cars and vans (e.g., car number); Fleet number; CAD data (for example, system status, event type, event level, respondents in the incident commanders events such as the role, the user receives a media priority; user roles within the public safety agencies such as the Police Commissioner or the Fire Commissioner; user registration and group Partner data; specific mobile devices and / or user of the map for the vehicle; subscriber such or as any other data and respondent data, whether or not statically maintained (for example, any fixed-group or talk group, the user role, a particular vehicle for mapping the user), that is, for whether or not (an example of that "static data", or dynamically determined, and the ad hoc group leader assignment case), i.e., the "dynamic" data.

0014As used herein, the "static data" is substantially fixed (if at least a) means data which is rarely changed and; "Dynamic Data" is regularly or periodically on the basis of the schedule on the basis of some of the factors or parameters such as the presence and state of the event, periodically, and / or a dynamically changing data. Server 104, if the static and / or dynamic data extracted and obtained from the database 106, implementing the method according to the present teaching, using the data between the object descriptor and the object (the target being the descriptor) and the target determining a communication target on the basis of the relationship, and facilitate the communication with the target.

0015In general, the server (104), PTT server (110), CAD system 112, data 130 within the infrastructure device (not shown), and a mobile device (116, 124, 126) is 1, for example, to be operably coupled, as illustrated by referring to the signaling flow, integrated in the third, when the program system elements memory forming means for implementing the desired functionality, with one or more network interfaces, and the processing unit and (although not shown), respectively, it is implemented. Network interface signaling between the elements of the system 100 is used to pass (e.g., messages, packets, datagram, frame, superframe etc.). A particular type of network element is implemented in the network interface is connected to a particular element, that is, depending on the wired and / or wireless.

0016For example, if a network supporting wired communications, interface, serial port interface (e. G., According to the RS-232 standard), a parallel port interface, an Ethernet interface, USB interface, and / or FireWire interface, etc. It may contain. Network in a case to support wireless communication, the interface includes any one or more standard or private operation can be processed in accordance with the air interface modulation, and transceiver element element, including a, where processing, modulation, and the functionality of the transmitter element Some may be performed by the processing device via a hardware or by a programmed logic, such as software applications or firmware stored in memory devices in the system elements.

0017PTT server (110), CAD system 112, the network processing device to be used by 130, the infrastructure devices in, and the mobile device (116, 124, 126) included in the signaling flow illustrated in FIGS. 1-3 It can be programmed in software or firmware, logic, or code for performing the signaling and as; And / or processing hardware device, for example, may be implemented as a state machine or ASIC (application specific integrated circuit). A memory element is implemented by the system may include a short-term and / or long-term storage of various kinds of information necessary for the function of each element. The memory may store software or firmware for programming the processing unit with the necessary logic or code to perform the functionality.

0018Now determine the destination on the basis of the relationship between the object and the object descriptor and the destination and starts the high-level description of the process according to the teachings for facilitating the communication with the target. User object to some destination related or associated with an object (e.g., police cars, the command van, uniform of landscape) of the (e. G., Other users, group, device, etc.) and when they want to communicate, a user object, a visual indicator on the basis of any one or a combination of the object descriptor her device (where "requestor" shall be called off) is used to configure a. However, such visual indicators may be in the form of a color pattern, text, number, symbol, but are not limited to these.

0019It is In one exemplary embodiment, the technician visual descriptor; For example, a user (e.g., police), the camera can be pointed at the object of interest toward the transceiver, and taking one or more pictures according to the camera focus on the indicator of the car. In another exemplary implementation, the descriptor is a speech or audio descriptor, in which the user is using his mobile device will be described one of the at least one indicator of object orally (verbally). In another embodiment, the descriptor is a descriptor that contains the alphanumeric identifier associated with the text, for example with the object or objects. In this case, the user ties the ring and defines the value of one or more indicators of the object, or select them from a preloaded menu.

0020Furthermore, the user must select or enter a relationship of communication targets for the desired communication type (any "communication operation" shall be called Jim) and objects, such as landscapes are driving a vehicle with a specific vehicles alphanumeric directive. Then, a communication system with a user's selection, the requestor and the object descriptor, for example, and transmits it to the server 104. An example of the relationship between communication behavior and object type or communication with the target of the target and the request to join the police officer in the group and the same torque (object) (destination); The difference in the scenery (object) supervisor or commander request to initiate a movement (target) and currencies; Car torque request to join the group associated with the case officer is dispatched within the (object) (destination); And a police car (target) contains a request to start an event commander (target) and the case of a dispatch call.

0021With the state of the system in the database and their arrangement, the server 104 may derive the identifier of the communication partner on the basis of the relationship of the object defined by the object descriptor supplied. This may involve the performance of the multi-stage process. For example, server 104 and derive the identity (identity) of the scenery in the car; From which server 104 to derive the identity of the portable radio of the identified landscape; From which server 104 to derive the identity of the radio talk group is currently affiliated. In another exemplary implementation, server 104, and deriving the identity of the officer in a car; From its server 104 derives the case that the identified officer assigned; From its server 104 derives the leader of the event. Then, the server 104, for example, user interest talk group / automatically and cooperation of the requester, the user and the event initiates the requested communication operation by the like for initiating a private call between the commander or the requested communication operation It provides to the requester information necessary to complete.

0022Therefore, the use of the disclosed teachings, (what type of) the object descriptors can be used effectively as the "address" of the communication destination based on the destination in relation to the object. Determining the destination user is generated and maintained by the system, equipment, vehicles, and achieved by querying the static data and the back-end database to store the dynamic mapping between the communication group. The sequence depends on the particular query and the requested communication between the desired destination for the object. The teaching is illustrated by reference to some exemplary use case described by reference to Figures 1-3.

0023More specifically, Figure 1 is a communication group associated with a user of the target object, the server 104 facilitates the communication operation of the target and by providing the data to the requestor to make it possible to set the requestor group communication session which illustrates the use cases. 2 is a communication group associated with a user of the target object, the server 104 illustrates a use case for facilitating the communication operation of the destination and by setting the group communication session. 3 is a user of a communication device associated with the target object, the server 104 may use cases for facilitating the destination and communication operations by providing the data to the requestor to make it possible to set the requestor a communication device and a communication session, The illustrative.

0024When the priority start the use case shown in Figure 1, Officer A (for example, Officer B) officer using a car reported that a passing police vehicle 120 (the object) with the same torque groups (target) to participate in a call She wants. Police car number of the car 122 is a tag (indication), for example, car number Chicago PD 387 has a large cover is attached. A police officer is aiming his camera at the car radio and the button to zoom in on the identification tag (122) of the car (for example, PTT button) Press; The camera produces a digital picture of the identification tag 122 (visual descriptor) of the car. Radio (requester) is between (for example, mobile device 124), the mobile radio of the vehicle, and / or (e. G., Mobile device 126), the portable device of the scenery using the car is currently affiliated (the object and the target relationship) for identifying any of the talk group (communication operation) to form a request. Then, it transmits to the server 104, a request with a visual descriptor using any standard or private messaging protocol 140.

0025Upon reception of the request, the server 104 extracts the identification or identifier (ID) number of difference from the visual technician or find a police car with the best match to the visual descriptor and the query to its own database 106, the difference ID number 387 to the mobile radio ID of the car (for example, ID 286) or the ID of the portable transceiver to be used by the officer in the primary data 108 and acquires / extracts to map (for example, ID 295). Then, any one ID talk group ID which is associated with the current mobile / portable transceiver further be used to extract (for example, TG-6677). Then, the talk group ID are transmitted to the portable device 116 of the views A again using any standard or private messaging protocol 142.

0026When the portable device 116 of the landscape A receives the interest talk group ID, it is by sending the PTT server 110, a "Join" message 144 (including the talk group ID TG-6677), for example, SIP messaging sequence or by using the APCO 25 compliant call control protocol to join the TG-6677. Join message is used by a requester in order to set the target torque and the group communication. Thus, when the dispatcher 114 is, for example, to initiate a voice group call to the talk group TG-6677 using the SIP messaging sequence or APCO 25 compliant signaling protocols 146, views A is entered in any group call received by the other group members (150) receives the media 148. Alternatively, the views A, or any other user having a TG-6677 affiliated with the device may initiate a call to the group.

0027The use case is illustrated by reference to Figure 2, when using the message (240) requesting (Fig same being derived as a request 140 1) receives the server 104 to set the target torque group communication session except that the requestor to join the talk group (TG-6677 having the ID), and is similar to the example use case and by reference to FIG. This is achieved by the 242, the server 104 transmits to the PTT server 110 the join message in place of the portable device 116, it contains an ID, such as the talk group ID TG-6677 and mobile device 116 including the ID 103 and; The portable device 116 is that it receives the acknowledgment 244 has been joined to the talk group. Then, similarly to the use case illustrated by reference to Figure 1, when the dispatcher (114) to initiate a voice group call to the talk group TG-6677 (246) (or a talk group of any number of starting the call e.g. ), views A receives the received 250 media by the other group members come in any group call (248).

0028As illustrated in Figure 3, views A police vehicle 120 (the object) to see a passing vehicle, and that the individual (e. G., Views B) the leader of the event team is assigned (the target) and to communicate I want. In this exemplary implementation, Officer A, select the incident commander and conversation (talk-to-incident-commander) option (communications operation) in his portable device (116), and aimed at the radio towards the police car, press the button; The camera produces a digital picture of the identification tag 122 of the car. Vehicle transceiver 120 and (operation and the relationship between the communication target and the object) that is to form the individual is assigned a request to communicate with a team leader of the event. Then, the transceiver 116 transmits to the server 104, the request with the ID 387 of the car using any standard or private messaging protocol 340.

0029Upon reception of the request, the server 104 extracts the ID number of the difference from the visual technician or find a police car with the best match to the visual descriptor and, by querying its database 106, based on the identity of the primary case data 302 to retrieve information and acquires / extracts. Event information includes the ID 300 and so on to the portable device 304 used by the ID, event ID number 11873 for the incident commander, talk group ID TG-6677, incident commander 306. The event information (or a part of it, in this case including at least 11873 and event ID 300 to the portable device ID) is sent to the requesting transceiver 116, 342. Upon receiving the event information, the portable device of the views A (116) is using the provided ID 300 of his mobile device by transmitting to a PTT server 110, any suitable message 344 starts a private call with the incident commander . For example, the message 344 is a PTT request 300 from the ID 103 of the ID of the portable device 116. PTT server verifies the request and set up a private call between the portable device and the case of the landscape A commander (116 and 304) (346). Messages related to the 344 and 346 in accordance with any standard or private signaling protocols.

0030And using a method similar to that described by reference to Figure 3, views A, for example, views B can not be seen, and the current difference outside because it keeps track of the suspect walk views (views B) identity (communication of the (target) It wants to operate). If the object (car) is identified on the basis of the object descriptor, the server 104 further performs the mapping to retrieve the identity of views related to the difference. This can be useful when you arrive at the scene to assist the officer on foot tracking of progress.

0031In the foregoing specification, specific embodiments have been described. However, one of ordinary skill in the art, without departing from the scope of the invention as set forth in the following claims many modifications and variations will also be well aware that there can be made. Accordingly, the specification and figures are to be regarded in an illustrative rather than a restrictive sense, and all such modifications are intended to be included within the scope of the present teachings. Benefits, advantages, solutions to problems, and any benefit, advantage, or solution to occur or even markedly any element may be any one, or a key and all claims to, be required or viewed as an essential feature or element It is not. The invention is defined solely by the appended claims all equivalents, including any correction, and the issue of the claims made during the pendency of the present application.

0032Also, in the present document, the first and second, related terms such as top and bottom, another entity, or an entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any such actual relationship or order between such entities or actions It may be used only to identify the operation. The term "include (comprise)", "included (comprising)", "have (has)", "has (having)", "comprises (includes)", "includes (including)", "includes and (contains) "," it included (containing) ", or any other variations thereof is a non as to cover a exclusive, include a list of one of the elements (comprises, includes, contains), to have a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises only those elements not explicitly list or not such a process may include methods, products, or other factors specific to the device. "And a ~ (comprises ... a)", "has a ~ (has ... a)", "includes ~ (includes ... a)", and a "~ (contains. ..a) "following the element with no additional restrictions, the process has to include the elements, method, article, or does not disable the presence of additional identical elements in the device. The term "a" is defined as one or more, unless otherwise expressly otherwise herein. The term "substantially the (substantially)", "essentially the (essentially)", "about (approximately)", "around (about)", or any the other version is shown to be understood by one of ordinary skill in the art As defined by adjacent, one non-limiting embodiment, the term is within 10%, within 5% in another embodiment, in another embodiment within 1%, and less than 0.5% in yet another embodiment that is defined. As used the term "bonded (coupled)" here, it is not necessarily be directly mechanically also, if not, is defined as connected. In a certain way, "configured" device or structure consists of at least that way, but may be of a non-way list.

0033Some embodiments may be a microprocessor, digital signal processors, customized processors and FPGA (field programmable gate array), such as one or more general or specific processors (or "processing devices") and certain non-processor circuits and coupled, here described that may include some of the features of the method and device for determining the communication partner, or most unique stored program instructions that control the one or more processors to implement both (including both software and firmware both) to the basis of the object descriptor Able to know. The non-processor circuits may include, a radio transmitter, signal drivers, clock circuits, power source circuits, and user input devices may include, but is not limited to these. As such, these functions may be interpreted as steps of a method for performing the determination of the communication partner on the basis of the object descriptor described herein. Alternatively, some or all functions could be implemented in by a state machine that has no stored program instructions, or in each of the particular functional features, or some combination are implemented as custom logic, one or more application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) have. Of course, the combination of the two approaches can also be used. Both the state machine and ASIC to the previous discussion and in the claims, where the language is considered a "processing device".

0034The embodiment is a computer for performing the methods disclosed and claimed herein a computer that has computer-readable code is stored for programming (e.g., comprising also a processing device) may be implemented as a readable storage device or medium . The computer-readable storage device for example, a hard disk, CD-ROM, optical storage devices, magnetic storage devices, ROM (Read Only Memory), PROM (Programmable Read Only Memory), EPROM (Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory), EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory) and a flash memory, but is not limited to this. In addition, the person skilled in the art will be guided by the herein disclosed concepts and principles, as large efforts and, for example, available time, current technology, and despite numerous design choices motivated by economic considerations, such software instructions with minimal experimentation and programs and the IC can be expected that they can be easily generated.

0035The abstract of the disclosure is provided to enable the reader to easily confirm the technical disclosure property. The summary is provided to be seen that it is not used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. Further, in the foregoing detailed description, various features of the disclosure for the purpose of streamline it can be seen that they are grouped together in various embodiments. The method of the present specification, the claimed embodiments are not interpreted as reflecting an intention that require more features than explicitly described in the respective claims. Rather, when the following claims reflect, subject of the invention is present in less than all features of a single disclosed embodiment. Thus, the following claims are thus coupled with the Detailed Description, with each claim is present as a separately claimed subject matter itself.