Patent ID: 9479916
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for providing local service to a visiting responder in a public safety wireless communication system, the method comprising: maintaining, by a first mobile device of a first responder associated with a visiting agency and present in a geographical jurisdiction of a local agency different from the visiting agency, a first mutual aid token associated with the local agency, wherein the first mutual aid token authorizes the first responder to access the local agency and wherein the first mutual aid token is associated with a transferability time period, wherein the transferability time period is a time during which the first mutual aid token, or other mutual aid tokens derived from the first mutual aid token, can be transferred from one mutual aid responder to another; identifying, by the first mobile device, a second mobile device of a second responder associated with the visiting agency and present in the geographical jurisdiction of a local agency; and transferring, by the first mobile device to the second mobile device and without a need to contact the local agency subsequent to identifying the second responder, a second mutual aid token that is derived from the first mutual aid token, wherein the second mutual aid token authorizes the second responder to access the local agency.