Patent ID: 7378963

Claim:
A system for communication between a central operator and a plurality of mobile communicators, the system comprising: an operator transceiver and interface, configured to receive and display, for an operator, visually perceptible and audibly perceptible signals from each of N mobile communicators (N≧2), numbered n=1, . . . , N, where the interface (1) presents an audible signal from each communicator as if the audible signal is received from a different location relative to the operator, (2) allows the operator to select, to assign priority to, and to display, in a coordinated manner, the visual signals and the audible signals received from a specified communicator and, (3) associates each of the N communicators with a separate azimuthal angular sector, determined with reference to a selected part of the operator's body, and presents the audible signal from the communicator as if a source of the audible signal is located at the different location within the associated angular sector; and a signal transmitter associated with each of the N communicators, with each transmitter being configured to transmit at least one of the visual signal and the audio signal associated with the communicator.