Patent ID: 7158499

Claim:
A method for communicating audio messages using a two-way radio, comprising: asynchronously transmitting an output audio message, the transmitting further comprising: generating a first acoustic signal in an input device of the radio; determining whether the first acoustic signal is a command, and if the first acoustic signal is a particular command, then responding to the particular command in an output device of the radio and processing the particular command, and otherwise storing the first acoustic signal in an output buffer of the radio and sending the first acoustic signal as an output audio message only when a communications channel is available to a transmitter of the radio; and asynchronously receiving an input audio message in a receiver of the radio, the receiving further comprising; storing the input audio message in an input buffer of the radio; generating a second acoustic signal in the input device; sending the stored input audio message to the output device only if the second acoustic signal is a play command; communicating input and output audio messages among a plurality of two-way radios via a wide area network, wherein each two-way radio has a unique physical identification, and an associated logical identification, and wherein each logical identification is in a form of a phrase having a predetermined words, the words arranged according to a predetermined grammatical structure for a particular target language.