Patent ID: 7187941

Claim:
A wireless communication system comprising: a plurality of mobile communication units, each mobile communication unit being operative to convert speech patterns to a voice message and wirelessly transmit the voice message to one or more other mobile communication units, the plurality of mobile communication units being configured as a self-contained mobile network infrastructure, at least one of the plurality of mobile communication units comprising an integrated router that comprises a router database defining connections to members of the self-contained mobile network infrastructure, such that the router receives the voice message from at least one of the plurality of mobile communication units, extracts routing information comprising a member list of intended recipients of the voice message from the voice message, removes the intended recipients of the voice message that are connected to the router from the member list, and transmits the voice message to the intended recipients of the voice message that are connected to the router, and routes the voice message to at least one additional router if there are remaining intended recipients in the member list.