Patent ID: 8125988
Filing Date: 2012-02-28
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A network audio receive terminal apparatus, comprising: a network interface for receiving network packets from a network, including a stream of directory packets indicating the capture of an intermittent stream of related audio transmissions, wherein a directory packet contains an audio content storage address and related pertinence data, and wherein said pertinence data includes at least one of; a radio channel identifier, a talk group identifier, or a public service agency descriptor; a network packet scanner coupled to said network interface that sequentially scans received network packets in accordance with scan criteria; a content selector coupled to said network packet scanner that selects packets from said scanned network packets based on selection criteria, which includes a portion of said pertinence data, and an audio packet requestor coupled to said content selector and said network interface, and operable to request audio packets through the network identified by the audio content addresses that correspond to said selected directory packets; an audio content processor coupled to said content selector, which processes the audio content in said selected network packets received from the network in response to said request for audio content, and a display coupled to said audio content processor that display a portion of said related pertinence data at the same time said audio content processor processes said audio content.