Patent ID: 8781515

Claim:
A method for enabling a group communications follow mode at a first group communications (GC) user equipment (UE) device, the method comprising: receiving, at a GC server, a request requesting initiation of a follow mode in which a first client UE device follows a second client UE device; responsive to receiving the request, the GC server affiliating the first client UE device with a first set of one or more talk groups with which the second client UE device is currently affiliated and, while the GC server has not yet received a termination request to terminate the follow mode, the GC server: monitoring for talk group disaffiliation requests from the second client UE device and, responsive to receiving a first disaffiliation request from the second client UE device requesting disaffiliation of the second client UE device from a first particular talk group, automatically disaffiliating both the first client UE device and the second client UE device from the first particular talk group; and monitoring for additional talk group affiliation requests, beyond the first set of one or more talk groups, from the second client UE device and responsive to receiving a first affiliation request from the second client UE device requesting affiliation of the second client UE device with a second particular talk group, automatically affiliating both the first client UE device and the second client UE device with the second particular talk group.