Patent ID: 8170596
Filing Date: 2012-05-01
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of transmitting secondary data in a group-communication data stream between wireless communication devices, comprising: transmitting at least voice communication data from at least one 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 at least one wireless communication device configured to selectively transmit at least group-directed voice communication data to other members of the communication group in a communication channel having a limited bandwidth thereof; and selectively sending secondary data comprising non-voice data from the at least one wireless communication device to other computer devices across the wireless communication network, the transmission occurring in combination with the voice communication data in the communication channel, wherein the voice communication data comprising a first data throughput size; reducing the first data throughput size to a second data throughput size that is less than the bandwidth of the communication channel, causing the voice communication data to have voice data of a reduced quality; and transmitting the secondary data within the communication channel in combination with the voice communication data of the second data throughput size.