Patent ID: 9210202
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A system for sharing media in a group communication, comprising: a wireless communication device that is a member of a communication group of wireless communication devices that communicate with each other in direct group communications across a wireless communication network, the wireless communication device configured to transmit a request to add a new media type to the group communication and to selectively send group-directed media to other member wireless communication devices of the communication group; a group communication computer device configured to store information on communication groups on the wireless communication network, the information including member wireless communication devices of one or more communication groups, the group communication computer device further configured to receive the request to add the new media type to the group communication, to verify the other member wireless communication devices of the communication group support the new media type, to notify the other member wireless communication devices of the communication group of the addition of the new media type to the group communication, to selectively receive group-directed media from the wireless communication device of the communication group and to send the group-directed media to the other member wireless communication devices of the communication group for the wireless communication device; and a data store in communication with the group communication computer device, the group communication computer device configured to selectively send the group-directed media to the data store, the data store configured to receive the group-directed media from the wireless communication device and selectively permit the other member wireless communication devices of the communication group for which the group-directed media is being sent to access the stored group-directed media across the wireless communication network.