Patent ID: 8195253
Filing Date: 2012-06-05
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. A communications system for a vehicle user, comprising: a first portable transceiver capable of being carried on a vehicle user's person; a second portable transceiver, capable of being carried on a vehicle user's person; a vehicle-mounted transceiver, supported by a vehicle, wherein the vehicle-mounted transceiver is capable of communicating with the first portable transceiver, wherein coded information contained in a transmission from the vehicle-mounted transceiver may be received by the first portable transceiver and thus activates a push to talk function of the second portable transceiver; and a vehicle-mounted public address system in communication with the vehicle-mounted transceiver, wherein the user provides sound to the first portable transceiver, the first portable transceiver converts the sound to first signals and transmits the first signals to the vehicle-mounted transceiver, wherein the vehicle-mounted transceiver receives the first signals from the first portable transceiver and transmits the first signals to the vehicle-mounted public address system, wherein the vehicle-mounted public address system converts the first signals to sounds, wherein the first signals represent at least audio received from the vehicle user by the first portable transceiver.