Patent ID: 8494458

Claim:
A method of employing multiple frequencies to provide a push-to-talk service, comprising: receiving, at a first peering point communicatively coupled to a peer-to-peer network, a first wireless signal from a push-to-talk device, the first wireless signal communicated in a first frequency; down-converting, at the first peering point, the received first wireless signal to a down-converted digital signal; applying a business rule to the down-converted digital signal, wherein the business rule comprises a secure-network portable policy comprising enabling criteria and actions, wherein the enabling criteria describes conditions that are to be in effect at an active peering point, and wherein the actions indicate actions to be taken by the active peering point when the secure-network portable policy becomes active; when the business rule indicates that the down-converted digital signal should be transmitted in a second frequency, communicating information of the down-converted digital signal through the peer-to-peer network to a second peering point that is communicatively coupled to the peer-to-peer network; translating, at the second peering point, the down-converted digital signal into a second wireless signal configured to be communicated to a remote communication device via the second frequency, wherein the second frequency is different from the first frequency; and transmitting the second wireless signal in the second frequency from the second peering point.