Patent ID: 6115613
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
A method for providing telephone service within a radio telephone system to a group of radio telephone subscribers which has a group identity and each member of the subscriber group has a separate individual identity within the system, said method comprising:receiving a call attempt by a member of the subscriber group at the system;determining the identity of the subscriber group and the member thereof placing the call attempt;retrieving from memory stored records of the subscriber group and the member making the call attempt;parking the call attempt within the system;completing a call from the system to the called party but not connecting that completed call to the parked call attempt;determining within the system whether or not the completed call should be connected between the member making the call attempt and the called party by:evaluating within the system a number of traffic channels currently in use by the members of the subscriber group;comparing said number of traffic channels currently in use by the members of the subscriber group with a number of traffic channels allowed to the members of the group collectively, said number of traffic channels allowed to the members of the group collectively is a function of quality of service information including a flexible limit corresponding to current network traffic that is periodically compiled within a radio telephone system and cannot be affected by a subscriber; andconnecting the parked call from the group member attempting the call to the completed call to the called party in response to the number of traffic channels currently in use being less than the number currently allowed to the group collectively; andeither connecting the parked call attempt by the group member and the completed call from the system to the called party or terminating both the parked call and the completed call in response to said determining step.