Patent ID: 8155619

Claim:
A method comprising: obtaining a request for a response, the request being obtained from a source that utilizes a phone to make the request; identifying a first location from which the request originated, wherein the source is located at the first location; identifying at least one potential responder, wherein the at least one potential responder may provide the response; and creating a virtual talk group, the virtual talk group including the source and the at least one potential responder, wherein the at least one potential responder may listen substantially directly to communications from the source using a land mobile radio, and wherein creating the virtual talk group including the source and the at least one potential responder includes creating the virtual talk group such that the source communicates using the phone and the at least one potential responder communicates using the land mobile radio; wherein the virtual talk group is automatically created by an Internet Protocol policy engine and creating the virtual talk group includes creating the virtual talk group to include the source, the at least one potential responder, and a dispatcher.