Patent ID: 8478276

Claim:
A method for transferring a communication session between companion devices, the method performed by a portable wireless communication device having an identifier, the method comprising: connecting to a communication session over a communication system using a current set of session parameters and the identifier for the portable wireless communication device, wherein the portable wireless communication device is in an active mode for the communication session; detecting that the portable wireless communication device is within a range of a companion wireline communication device that is configured with the identifier for the portable wireless communication device; synchronizing, by the portable communication device, with the companion wireline communication device, wherein the synchronizing comprises transferring, by the portable communication device, the current set of session parameters to the companion wireline communication device to use with the identifier for the portable wireless communication device for connecting to the communication session and wherein the session parameters comprise one or more identifiers of a talkgroup associated with the communication session; receiving an indication that the companion wireline communication device is in the active mode for the communication session; and responsive to the indication, transitioning the portable wireless communication device to an inactive mode for the communication session.