Title of Invention

"METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCHEDULING TRANSMISSIONS TO A GROUP OF COMMUNICATION RECEIPIENTS"

Abstract Upon detecting (201) a communication need for a group of communication recipients that entails attempting to make at least one transmission to each of the communication recipients in the group (wherein at least one of the communication recipients has both a scheduled personal communication opportunity and a scheduled group communication opportunity), one automatically uses (202) whichever of the scheduled communication opportunities occurs first to make the at least one transmission to the communication recipient(s) for which this option applies. In one approach this response is further informed and influenced by one or more other factors, such as but not limited to system loading (203), group size and/or known whereabouts (204), and/or whether a recent transmission response was received (205).
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METHOD AND APPARATUS TO FACILITATE
SCHEDULING TRANSMISSIONS TO GROUP RECIPIENTS
Technical Field
[0001] This invention relates generally to communication systems and more
particularly to group-based transmissions.
Background
[0002] Communication systems of various kinds are known in the art. Some
communication systems support one or more communication needs for groups of
communication recipients. For example, some systems permit a given user-based
message to be transmitted to each of a plurality of individual communication
recipients (such as, but not limited to, two-way wireless communication devices such
as cellular telephones, push-to-talk devices, and so forth). Some systems facilitate
such capability by providing each communication recipient with a scheduled personal
communication opportunity. Such an approach may comprise, for example, a
particular slot as occurs at a specific consistent location in a recurring slot cycle. As
each intended recipient's scheduled personal communication opportunity occurs the
communication system transmits the desired content to that particular recipient.
[0003] Such an approach, of course, can consume considerable system resources.
For example, many individual transmissions may be required to reach a large group of
intended recipients using this approach. To avoid this concern, some communication
systems provide for an occasional scheduled group communication opportunity. This
scheduled group communication opportunity often comprises a particular slot that is
monitored by a corresponding group of potential communication recipients. In many
typical deployments this scheduled group communication opportunity will not occur
with each slot cycle. As a result, considerable delay may be experienced before a
given communication need can be met by effecting a one-to-many transmission using
a scheduled group communication opportunity such as this.
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[0004] As noted above, scheduled individual communication opportunities are
often viewed as consuming undue system resources while scheduled group
communication opportunities sometimes give rise to unacceptable levels of latency.
The problems do not stop with only these issues. For example, varying systems
and/or varying communication services typically have varying corresponding
performance requirements. In some application settings, the time used to contact at
least a first member of a group of communication recipients comprises a critical
metric. In other application settings, however, the time used to effect contact with the
last member of a group of communication recipients may comprise an important
metric. Issues such as these and others too numerous to mention render architectural
design in this regard difficult.
Brief Description of the Drawings
[0005] The above needs are at least partially met through provision of the method
and apparatus to facilitate scheduling transmissions to group recipients described in
the following detailed description, particularly when studied in conjunction with the
drawings, wherein:
[0006] FIG. 1 comprises a schematic view of a slot cycle as configured in
accordance with the prior art;
[0007] FIG. 2 comprises a flow diagram as configured in accordance with various
embodiments of the invention; and ,
[0008] FIG. 3 comprises a block diagram as configured in accordance with
various embodiments of the invention.
[0009] Skilled artisans will appreciate that elements in the figures are illustrated
for simplicity and clarity and have not necessarily been drawn to scale. For example,
the dimensions and/or relative positioning of some of the elements in the figures may
be exaggerated relative to other elements to help to improve understanding of various
embodiments of the present invention. Also, common but well-understood elements
that are useful or necessary in a commercially feasible embodiment are often not
depicted in order to facilitate a less obstructed view of these various embodiments of
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the present invention. It will further be appreciated that certain actions and/or steps
may be described or depicted in a particular order of occurrence while those skilled in
the arts will understand that such specificity with respect to sequence is not actually
required. It will also be understood that the terms and expressions used herein have
the ordinary meaning as is accorded to such terms and expressions with respect to
their corresponding respective areas of inquiry and study except where specific
meanings have otherwise been set forth herein.
Detailed Description
[0010] Generally speaking, pursuant to these various embodiments, upon
detecting a communication need for a group of communication recipients that entails
attempting to make at least one transmission to each of the communication recipients
in the group (wherein at least one of the communication recipients has both a
scheduled personal communication opportunity and a scheduled group
communication opportunity), one automatically uses whichever of the scheduled
communication opportunities occurs first to make the transmission to the
communication recipient(s) for which this option applies.
[0011] In a typical deployment the scheduled personal communication
opportunity is likely to occur at least once per each slot cycle whereas the scheduled
group communication opportunity is likely to occur less frequently than the scheduled
personal communication opportunity. Accordingly, for this and other reasons as well,
selection of a first-to-occur opportunity as specified above is, in some embodiments,
further informed by consideration of other criteria as well. Examples of such criteria
include, but are not limited to, present loading of the system (where a preference for
using the first-to-occur opportunity may tend to increase as system loading decreases),
a relative size of the group (where a preference for using the first-to-occur opportunity
may tend to increase as the size of the group of intended communication recipients
decreases), and availability of current location information for specific intended
communication recipients (where one may tend to favor using a next scheduled
personal communication opportunity instead of the next first-to-occur opportunity for
communication recipients having a known present location), to name but a few.
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[0012] So configured, the varying needs of a variety of communication systems
and/or services can be more conveniently met. In particular, considerable flexibility
exists to emphasize scheduling behaviors in ways that tend to support rather than
detract from desired performance metrics. In general, overall latency can often be
improved without causing undue impact on system resource availability. This, in
turn, tends to promote a better user experience without sacrificing loading capacity.
[0013] These and other benefits may become clearer upon making a thorough
review and study of the following detailed description. Referring now to the
drawings, and in particular to FIG. 1, it may be helpful to first briefly describe and
characterize a general application context within which these teachings may be
usefully employed. Viewed generally, a communication channel is divided with
respect to time to form a plurality of slot cycles 101. In this illustrative setting, each
slot cycle 101 is comprised of a plurality of slots. These slots are typically dedicated
(or are at least reserved and/or available) to support specific communication needs.
Forexample, one or more slots (not shown) may be used to convey system
information of interest or need.
[0014] At least one such slot is used, in this application setting, as a scheduled
individual communication opportunity 102 for a given corresponding target recipient
(such as a wireless two-way communications device). (In some application settings a
number of different target recipients may share the same slot, and hence may share
the same scheduled individual communication opportunity. In such a case an
identifier may accompany a message to permit the recipients to ascertain whether
information as is received during such a slot is indeed intended for them.)
[0015] As suggested by the depiction shown in FIG. 1, the individual
communication opportunity described above recurs in a similar relative position with
respect to the slot cycle 101 itself and on a cyclical basis as the slot cycles 101 repeat
over time (hence suggesting that the opportunity be viewed as a "scheduled"
opportunity). Also shown in FIG. 1 is a slot cycle 103 that also includes a slot that
comprises a scheduled group communication opportunity 104. This scheduled group
communication opportunity 104 may substitute for, for example, system control
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information that might otherwise be transmitted at that respective location of the slot
cycle. In a typical application setting this scheduled group communication
opportunity 104 can be used to address, simultaneously, a large number of target
recipients (wherein the target recipients are programmed to monitor the scheduled
group communication opportunity 104 for such group messages).
[0016] As already noted earlier, in a typical application setting this scheduled
group communication opportunity 104 does not occur as frequently as the scheduled
personal communication opportunities 102. So configured, however, and as usefully
exploited herein, a given target recipient as comprises a part of a group of target
recipients can be contacted either via a scheduled personal communication
opportunity or a scheduled group personal communication opportunity as corresponds
to that target recipient.
[0017] Referring now to FIG. 2, a process 200 suitable to be carried out by, for
example, a group communication scheduler, will be described.
[0018] Pursuant to this process 200, one detects 201 when a communication need
for a group of communication recipients occurs, which communication need entails at
least attempting to make at least one transmission to each of the communication
recipients in the group. These teachings are useful with a wide variety of
communication needs including, but not limited to, a need to forward a user message
(as part of a one-to-many broadcast, for example), a need to establish a channel to be
used to forward at least one user message, and so forth. The at least one transmission
referred to above can also comprise any of a wide variety of specific actions
including, but not limited to, a page, a user message, and so forth.
[0019] In one approach at least one of the communication recipients has both a
scheduled personal communication opportunity and a scheduled group
communication opportunity. In other approaches, all of the intended communication
recipients will be so provisioned. The scheduled personal communication opportunity
can comprise, for example, an event that occurs at least once per each slot cycle. The
scheduled group communication opportunity can comprise, for example, an event that
occurs less frequently than the scheduled personal communication opportunity.
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[0020] In response to detecting 201 such a need, this process 200 then provides
for automatically using 202 whichever of the scheduled personal communication
opportunity and the scheduled group communication opportunity occurs first to make
the at least one transmission to the corresponding communication recipient(s). For
example, if a scheduled group communication opportunity will occur first in time as
compared to a next scheduled personal communication opportunity, this process could
facilitate favoring the former. In a case where the reverse is true, however, this
process could facilitate favoring use of "the scheduled personal communication
opportunity as versus the scheduled group communication opportunity.
[0021] If desired, limits can be used to constrain these choices. For example, this
process 200 could further support determining a duration of time until a next
opportunity to communicate to a given communication recipient using the scheduled
group communication opportunity. One could then automatically use whichever of
the scheduled personal communication opportunity and the scheduled group
communication opportunity occurs first to make the needed transmission so long-as
the above-determined duration of time does not exceed a predetermined duration.
[0022] The above-described process may be sufficiently complete to render
satisfactory performance in at least some communication systems. In other settings,
however, it may be desirable to further condition and inform the automatic use 202 of
whichever opportunity becomes available first. As a first example, such automatic
use 202 of the first available communication opportunity may be conditioned as a
function, at least in part, of determined system loading 203 (i.e., information
regarding recent, present, and/or likely near-term future active use of the
communication system by a particular number of users). As system loading increases,
it may become less desirable to employ system resources to contact specific target
recipients via their scheduled personal communication opportunities as this may
unduly additionally burden the communication system. In such a case, this step of
automatically using 202 the earlier communication opportunity can comprise tending
to automatically use the scheduled group communication opportunity to make the
necessary transmission to the communication recipients as system loading increases.
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Conversely, as system loading decreases, this step can comprise tending to select
whichever communication opportunity arrives earlier as already described.
[0023] As another example, this step can be conditioned as a function, at least in
part, of communication recipient group size and/or the known (or unknown)
whereabouts 204 of the target recipients as comprise the group. As the sheer relative
number of communication recipients grows it may again comprise an undue
additional burden on the communication system to potentially utilize scheduled
personal communication opportunities as described herein. In such a case, this step of
automatically using 202 the earliest communication opportunity can comprise tending
to automatically use whichever of the scheduled communication opportunities occurs
first to make the desired transmission as the communication recipient group size tends
to be relatively small. The particular number of communication recipients as may
comprise a cut-off or trigger value in this regard will of course vary with the specifics
of a given communication system as well as any performance requirements as may be
desired and/of required by the system administrator:
[0024] This step of tending to automatically use whichever of the scheduled
communication opportunities occurs first to make the desired transmission as the
communication recipient group size tends to be relatively small is particularly useful
when the present whereabouts of at least a substantial number of the communication
recipients is unknown. Conversely, when the specific whereabouts of a given
communication recipient is known, such knowledge may aid in dictating use of a
particular communication opportunity other than as based upon a first-in-time criteria.
In such a case, and where the present whereabouts of a significant number of
communication recipients is known, then again it may be appropriate to modify this
step 202 to tend towards an alternative selection preference other than first-in-time
determinations.
[0025] As yet another example, this step 202 can be conditioned as a function, at
least in part, of whether a transmission response has recently been received 205 for
one or more of the communication recipients. More particularly, and if desired,
automatic use 202 of the earliest communication opportunity can further comprise
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determining whether a response to an earlier one of the necessary transmissions to an
earlier selected one of the communication recipients has been received, and if so,
determining whether a present location for another of the communication recipients to
which the necessary transmission has not yet been transmitted is known. In such as
case, when at least one communication recipient has responded to the transmission
and the present location of another communication recipient (to which the necessary
transmission has not yet been made) is known, this step 202 may usefully comprise
automatically not using the scheduled personal communication opportunity for the
communication recipient having the known location.
[0026] This may be useful, for example, in a setting when a communication
recipient has responded such that the system knows that a channel assignment will
eventually be transmitted in a given sector that includes that communication recipient,
and when another as-yet-uncontacted communication recipient is also known to be in
that same sector. In such a case it may be better to simply transmit a channel
assignment throughout that sector, which channel assignment will inherently address
the need to transmit to the as-yet-uncontacted communication recipient.
[0027] So configured, considerable flexibility can accompany highly leveraged
use of the availability of both personal and group scheduled communication
opportunities. A first-in-time approach can be either implemented in all instances if
desired or can be favored, or disfavored, as a function of system or communication
system dynamics of interest and choice. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that
the above-described processes are readily enabled using any of a wide variety of
available and/or readily configured platforms, including partially or wholly
programmable platforms as are known in the art or dedicated purpose platforms as
may be desired for some applications. Referring now to FIG. 3, an illustrative
approach to such a platform will now be provided.
[0028] An exemplary apparatus 300 may be comprised of a group communication
processor 301 as is otherwise understood in the art and that operably couples to both a
scheduled personal communication opportunity transmission output 302 and a
scheduled group communication opportunity transmission output 303. The two
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transmission outputs 302 and 303, in turn and pursuant to one configuration, operably
couple to a transceiver 304, such as a wireless transceiver, of choice. So configured,
the group communication processor 301 has the ability to use either or both of the
personal and group scheduled communication opportunity transmission outputs when
seeking to provide a transmission to each communication recipient as comprises a part
of a corresponding group to thereby meet a particular communication need. These
generally described elements (including as well their interaction and specific
functionality) will of course vary from system to system but are otherwise generally
well understood in the art. Accordingly, for the sake of brevity and the preservation
of narrative focus no further details regarding such elements will be provided here.
[0029] This apparatus 300 also comprises, in this illustrative embodiment, a group
communication scheduler 305 that operably couples to the group communication
processor 301. (These elements can comprise separate physical elements as suggested
by the depiction presented in FIG. 3. Those skilled in the art will also understand and
appreciate, however, that fwd or more of these elements can share a common enabling
platform and in that case the provided depiction serves more as a logical view of the
apparatus 300.) In one embodiment this group communication scheduler 305 is
configured and arranged (via, for example, programming that accords with the
teachings set forth above) to automatically prompt use of whichever of a scheduled
personal communication opportunity and a scheduled group communication
opportunity occurs first for each communication recipient of a group communication
as has both a scheduled personal communication opportunity and a scheduled group
communication opportunity.
[0030] This arrangement can of course implement any or all of the specific
embellishments as were presented earlier. For example, the group communication
scheduler 305 can be configured and arranged to determine system loading and to
automatically use an earliest communication opportunity as a function, at least in part,
of the system loading. This can comprise, for instance, tending to automatically use
whichever of the scheduled personal communication opportunity and the scheduled
group communication opportunity occurs first as system loading decreases.
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v Conversely, this can comprise tending to favor a scheduled group communication
opportunity as system loading increases.
[0031] As another example, the group communication scheduler 305 can be
configured and arranged to determine how many communication recipients are to
receive the group communication and to then automatically use the earliest
communication opportunity as a function, at least in part, of how many
communication recipients are to receive the group communication. This can
comprise, for instance, tending to automatically use whichever of the scheduled
personal communication opportunity and the scheduled group communication
opportunity occurs first as the relative (and/or absolute) number of communication
recipients decreases. Conversely, this can comprise tending to favor a scheduled
group communication opportunity as the number of communication recipients
increases.
[0032] .As yet another example, the group communication scheduler 305 can be
configured and arranged, if desired, to determine whether a present location for one or
more intended recipients of the group communication is known, and automatically
using the scheduled personal communication opportunity for any of the intended
communication recipients for which a present location is known. So configured, an
earliest communication opportunity can be selected and used for each communication
recipient (meaning, in this example, as between a personal and a group
communication opportunity) except for communication recipients having a present
known location. As to communication recipients having a present known location, a
scheduled personal communication opportunity can instead be used even when a
scheduled group communication opportunity might otherwise arrive at an earlier time.
[0033] Those skilled in the art will understand and recognize the great flexibility
offered by these teachings. The notion of being able to select either a personal or
group scheduled communication opportunity to reach various members of a
predefined group in and of itself provides considerable power and capability to meet a
number of varying performance goals or requirements. The ability to then modify
that capability as a function of other criteria of interest (such as system loading, group
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size, and so forth) provides an even more extensive ability to fine tune group message
processing in a way that best accommodates the unique attributes of a given
communication system.
[0034] Those skilled in the art will recognize that a wide variety of modifications,
alterations, and combinations can be made with respect to the above described
embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, and that
such modifications, alterations, and combinations are to be viewed as being within the
ambit of the inventive concept.
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We claim:
1. A method comprising:
- detecting a communication need for a group of communication recipients that entails
attempting to make at least one transmission to each of the communication recipients
in the group, wherein at least one of the communication recipients has both a
scheduled personal communication opportunity and a scheduled group
communication opportunity;
- automatically using whichever of the scheduled personal communication
opportunity and the scheduled group communication opportunity occurs first to make
the at least one transmission to the at least one of the communication recipients.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one transmission comprises at least one
of:
- a page;
- a user message.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the communication need comprises at least one of:
- a need to forward a user message;
- a need to establish a channel to be used to forward at least one user message.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one transmission comprises a wireless
transmission.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein the scheduled personal communication opportunity
occurs at least once per each slot cycle.
6. The method of claim 5 wherein the scheduled group communication opportunity
occurs less frequently than the scheduled personal communication opportunity.
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7. The method of claim 1 wherein automatically using whichever of the scheduled
personal communication opportunity and the scheduled group communication
opportunity occurs first to make the at least one transmission to the at least one of the
communication recipients further comprises:
- determining system loading;
- automatically using whichever of the scheduled personal communication
opportunity and the scheduled group communication opportunity occurs first to make
the at least one transmission to the at least one of the communication recipients as a
function, at least in part, of the system loading.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein automatically using whichever of the scheduled
personal communication opportunity and the scheduled group communication
opportunity occurs first to make the at least one transmission to the at least one of the
communication recipients as a function, at least in part, of the system loading further
comprises tending to automatically use whichever of the scheduled personal
communication opportunity and the scheduled group communication opportunity
occurs first to make the at least one transmission to the at least one of the
communication recipients as system loading decreases.
9. The method of claim 8 wherein tending to automatically use using whichever of the
scheduled personal communication opportunity and the scheduled group
communication opportunity occurs first to make the at least one transmission to the at
least one of the communication recipients as system loading decreases further
comprises tending to automatically use the scheduled group communication
opportunity to make the at least one transmission to the at least one of the
communication recipients as system loading increases.
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10. The method of claim 1 wherein automatically using whichever of the scheduled
personal communication opportunity and the scheduled group communication
opportunity occurs first to make the at least one transmission to the at least one of the
communication recipients further comprises:
- determining how many communication recipients comprise the group;
- automatically using whichever of the scheduled personal communication
opportunity and the scheduled group communication opportunity occurs first to make
the at least one transmission to the at least one of the communication recipients as a
function, at least in part, of communication recipient group size.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein automatically using whichever of the scheduled
personal communication opportunity and the scheduled group communication
opportunity occurs first to make the at least one transmission to the at least one of the
communication recipients as a function, at least in part, of communication recipient
group size further comprises tending to automatically use whichever of the scheduled
personal communication opportunity and the scheduled group communication
opportunity occurs first to make the at least one transmission to the at least one of the
communication recipients as the communication recipient group size tends to be
relatively small.
12. The method of claim 11 wherein tending to automatically use whichever of the
scheduled personal communication opportunity and the scheduled group
communication opportunity occurs first to make the at least one transmission to the at
least one of the communication recipients as the communication recipient group size
tends to be relatively small further comprises tending to automatically use whichever
of the scheduled personal communication opportunity and the scheduled group
communication opportunity occurs first to make the at least one transmission to the at
least one of the communication recipients as the communication recipient group size
tends to be relatively small and present whereabouts of at least a substantial number
of the communication recipients is unknown.
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13. The method of claim 1 wherein automatically using whichever of the scheduled
personal communication opportunity and the scheduled group communication
opportunity occurs first to make the at least one transmission to the at least one of the
communication recipients further comprises:
- determining whether a present location for at least one of the communication
recipients is known;
- automatically using the scheduled personal communication opportunity to make the
at least one transmission to any of the communication recipients for which a present
location is known.
14. The method of claim 1 wherein automatically using whichever of the scheduled
personal communication opportunity and the scheduled group communication
opportunity occurs first to make the at least one transmission to the at least one of the
communication recipients further comprises:
- determining whether a response to one of the at least one transmission from at least
one of the communication recipients has been received;
- determining whether a present location for at least one of the communication
recipients to which the at least one transmission has not yet been transmitted is
known;
- automatically not using the scheduled personal communication opportunity to make
the at least one transmission for at least one of the communication recipients as a
function, at least in part, of the present location.
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15. The method of claim 1 wherein automatically using whichever of the scheduled
personal communication opportunity and the scheduled group communication
opportunity occurs first to make the at least one transmission to the at least one of the
communication recipients further comprises:
- determining a duration of time until a next opportunity to communicate to at least
one of the communication recipients using the scheduled group communication
opportunity;
- automatically using whichever of the scheduled personal communication
opportunity and the scheduled group communication opportunity occurs first to make
the at least one transmission to the at least one of the communication recipients so
long as the duration of time does not exceed a predetermined duration.
16. An apparatus comprising:
- a group communication processor;
- a scheduled personal communication opportunity transmission output responsive to
the group communication processor;
- a scheduled group communication opportunity transmission output responsive to the
group communication processor;
- a group communication scheduler that is operably coupled to the group
communication processor and that is configured and arranged to automatically prompt
use of whichever of a scheduled personal communication opportunity and a scheduled
group communication opportunity occurs first for each communication recipient of a
group communication as has both a scheduled personal communication opportunity
and a scheduled group communication opportunity.
17. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the group communication scheduler further
comprises means for:
- determining system loading;
- automatically using whichever of the scheduled personal communication
opportunity and the scheduled group communication opportunity occurs first as a
function, at least in part, of the system loading.
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18. The apparatus of claim 17 wherein the group communication scheduler further
comprises means for:
- tending to automatically use whichever of the scheduled personal communication
opportunity and the scheduled group communication opportunity occurs first as
system loading decreases.
19. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the group communication scheduler further
comprises means for:
- determining how many communication recipients are to receive the group
communication;
- automatically using whichever of the scheduled personal communication
opportunity and the scheduled group communication opportunity occurs first as a
function, at least in part, of how many communication recipients are to receive the
group communication.
20. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the group communication scheduler further
comprises means for:
- determining whether a present location for intended communication recipients of the
group communication is known; •
- automatically using the scheduled personal communication opportunity for any of
the intended communication recipients for which a present location is known.
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Upon detecting
(201) a communication need for a
group of communication recipients
that entails attempting to make at
least one transmission to each of
the communication recipients in
the group (wherein at least one
of the communication recipients
has both a scheduled personal
communication opportunity and
a scheduled group communication
opportunity), one automatically
uses (202) whichever of the
scheduled communication
opportunities occurs first to make
the at least one transmission to
the communication recipient(s) for
which this option applies. In one
approach this response is further
informed and influenced by one
or more other factors, such as
but not limited to system loading
(203), group size and/or known
whereabouts (204), and/or whether
a recent transmission response was
received (205).

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Patent Number 262782
Indian Patent Application Number 819/KOLNP/2008
PG Journal Number 39/2014
Publication Date 26-Sep-2014
Grant Date 12-Sep-2014
Date of Filing 25-Feb-2008
Name of Patentee MOTOROLA MOBILITY, INC.
Applicant Address 600 NORTH US HIGHWAY 45 LIBERTYVILLE, 1L 60048, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Inventors:
# Inventor's Name Inventor's Address
1 HARRIS JOHN M 2232 N KENMORE AVENUE, #1, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60614
2 ROCKER RONALD T 3N800 MEADOWRIDGE, ST CHARLES, ILLINOIS 60175
PCT International Classification Number H04B 7/212
PCT International Application Number PCT/US2006/023703
PCT International Filing date 2006-06-19
PCT Conventions:
# PCT Application Number Date of Convention Priority Country
1 11/211279 2005-08-25 U.S.A.