Patent ID: 8355691
Filing Date: 2013-01-15
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A land mobile radio dispatch console system having message prioritization capability, the system comprising: at least one input port operatively connected to receive emergency messages and request to talk messages from subscriber radios that are members of predefined talk groups; at least one user interface output component operatively connected to present, to an operator of the console, the emergency messages and the request to talk messages by at least one of an active display or a speaker, wherein the messages are presented simultaneously according to priority of the messages; a user interface input component operatively connected to receive a selection by the operator to at least one of: (a) acknowledge a particular one of the emergency messages; (b) answer and acknowledge the emergency message; (c) clear the emergency message once it has been acknowledged; (d) answer a particular one of the request to talk messages; (e) hold the request to talk message; or (f) clear the request to talk message; and a message handling module operatively connected to respond to the selection by at least one of: (a) indicating that the operator has acknowledged the emergency message; (b) permitting the operator to talk to a user of a particular one of the subscriber radios from which the emergency message originated; (c) removing the emergency message from the active display; (d) indicating that the operator has answered the request to talk message and permitting the user to talk to other subscriber radios of the predefined talk group of which the user's subscriber radio is a member; (e) parking the request to talk message for future answer; or (f) removing the request to talk message from the active display.