Patent ID: 8396002

Claim:
A computer server of a group communications system based method of setting up a group communications session over a communications network, comprising: receiving event information comprising event description information and event location information, wherein said event is not related to group communications session setup; receiving communication device location information for each of a plurality of communication devices operable in the communications network; determining a call group comprising at least one member selected from the plurality of communications devices based on a relationship between the event location information and the respective communication device location information associated with each of the plurality of communications devices, wherein the relationship at least comprises ones of the plurality of communications devices having a device status corresponding to the event information, and the device status comprises an availability; establishing the group communications session with the at least one member of the call group, and concurrently freeing-up corresponding communication channels associated with non-selected members of the plurality of communication devices based on the relationship; and sending, via a data channel allocated to the group communications session, at least a portion of the event description information to the at least one member of the call group, wherein at least one communication device of the plurality is configured to display the at least a portion of the event description information.