Patent ID: 8417275

Claim:
A method for enabling a wireless device having an audio device to monitor multiple group communications on a wireless network, comprising the steps of: subscribing to multiple communication groups, each group composed of a plurality of wireless devices capable of communicating with all member devices of the group; selecting a primary communication group; receiving at least one group communication from a group server and playing the at least one group communication on the audio device, wherein the at least one group communication is from either the primary communication group or a non-primary communication group; if a group communication from the non-primary communication group is playing on the audio device and a group communication from the primary communication group is received at the wireless device, interrupting the group communication from the non-primary communication group and playing the received group communication from the primary communication group on the audio device of the wireless device; and if a primary group communication is playing on the audio device and a non-primary group communication is received, displaying information about the non-primary group communication on a display device, wherein a single, dedicated media channel is maintained between the group server and the wireless device for carrying group media associated with the primary and non-primary communication groups.