Patent ID: 6363258
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
A method of operating a group call server in a communications system, comprising:a) establishing a database of user groups having one or more group members, said database noting when the corresponding group member is associated with a communications terminal of a first communications terminal type; b) thereafter, receiving a request from an originator to establish a group call with a user group; c) in response to said group call request, said group call server composing a paging message targeted at one or more of said group members, said paging message selectively indicating one or more characteristics of said group call depending on whether said database indicates the corresponding targeted group member is associated with a communications terminal of said first communications terminal type; and d) said group call server triggering the transmission of said paging message to at least one communications terminal associated with the corresponding user group associated with said group call.