Patent ID: 7796995
Filing Date: 2010-09-14
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A system for signaling and delivering data to a wireless telecommunication device on a wireless communication network, comprising: a wireless telecommunication device of a plurality of wireless telecommunication devices, wherein each wireless telecommunication device is able to direct a single group communication stream to a designated group of the plurality of wireless telecommunication devices, each wireless telecommunication device having a dormant state in which a wireless telecommunication device in the dormant state bridges at least one continuous control channel with a group communication server, and an active state in which a wireless telecommunication device in the active state bridges one or more dedicated communication channels with the group communication server, each wireless telecommunication device further receiving group communication setup data for incoming group communications to the wireless telecommunication device; and wherein the group communication server maintains communication with each of the plurality of wireless telecommunication devices through the at least one continuous control channel, and the group communication server periodically pages each dormant wireless telecommunication device of the plurality of wireless telecommunication devices to selectively bridge the one or more dedicated communication channel, wherein upon desiring to open one or more dedicated communication channels to at least one of each wireless telecommunication device for a direct group communication, the group communication server sends at least group communication setup data across the at least one continuous control channel to at least one of each dormant wireless communication device of the plurality of wireless telecommunication devices prior to bridging one or more dedicated communication channels to at least one of the plurality of wireless telecommunication devices.