Patent ID: 8244268

Claim:
A plurality of command and control systems comprising: a first command and control system including a higher command unit having a data compiler/server configured to compile data from a plurality of sources and serve the compiled data, and a data receiver/transmitter coupled to the data compiler/server; a second command and control system including a base unit having a voice receiver/transmitter, a first data receiver/transmitter configured to receive data signals from the higher command unit and transmit data signals to the higher command unit, a data filter configured to filter data received by the first data receiver/transmitter, and a second data receiver/transmitter configured to transmit filtered digital data signals from the base unit; a third command and control system including a mobile command unit having a voice receiver/transmitter configured to receive voice signals from the base unit and transmit voice signals to the base unit, a data receiver/transmitter configured to receive data signals from the base unit and transmit data signals to the base unit, an audio module coupled to the voice receiver/transmitter, the audio module being configured to extract voice information data from the voice signals received by the voice receiver/transmitter and to generate a plurality of digital voice packets from the extracted voice information data, a data module coupled to the data receivers receiver/transmitter, the data module being configured to convert a plurality data signals received by the data receiver/transmitter into a plurality of digital data packets, and a digital data transmitter coupled to the audio module and the data module, the digital data transmitter being configured to transmit a digital data stream including the digital voice packets and the digital data packets; and a fourth command and control system including a remote unit having a remote digital data receiver/transmitter configured to receive the digital data stream from the mobile command unit; a computing device coupled to the remote digital data receiver/transmitter, the computing device being configured to separate and process the voice packets and the data packets from the digital data stream, and a user interface, wherein said user interface comprises a data filter input selection function which permits a user to input, store and transmit a plurality of filter data parameters to mobile command unit and the base unit, wherein said data filter within said base unit receives, stores and executes filtering of data information with the data filter based on said filter parameters.