IP Library Granted Patent US 11,671,796
Granted Patent B2
US 11,671,796 · App. 17/375,305 · Granted Jun 6, 2023

System and method integrating voice radio signals with networked applications and voice recognition

Inventor: Michael Butler (Arlington, TX)
Assignee: BEARCOM GROUP, INC.
H04W4/06H04M3/568H04N7/155H04M2201/40
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Patent No.
US 11,671,796
App. No.
17/375,305
Granted
Jun 6, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A radio communication system integrating voice radio signals with an audio-video conference session that includes at least one two-way radio configured to wirelessly transmit and receive voice radio signals with a radio control station, a radio communication controller comprising a first audio interface, a second audio interface, and a radio control processor, and configured to transmit and receive audio signals with the radio control station through the first audio interface, and an audio-video conferencing system configured to transmit and receive audio signals with the radio communication controller through the second audio interface. A voice radio channel of the at least one two-way radio is provided to the audio-video conferencing system through the radio control station and the radio communication controller to participate in the audio-video conference session.

Claims (14)

1. A radio communication system integrating voice radio signals with an audio-video conference session, the radio communication system comprising:

at least one two-way radio configured to wirelessly transmit and receive voice radio signals with a radio control station,

a radio communication controller comprising a first audio interface, a second audio interface, and a radio control processor, and configured to transmit and receive audio signals with the radio control station through the first audio interface, and

an audio-video conferencing system configured to transmit and receive audio signals with the radio communication controller through the second audio interface,

wherein a voice radio channel of the at least one two-way radio is configured to be provided to the audio-video conferencing system and an audio channel of the audio-video conferencing system is configured to be provided to the at least one two-way radio through the radio control station and the radio communication controller to participate in the audio-video conference session,

wherein upon receiving the audio signal from the audio-video conferencing system, the radio control processor is configured to transmit the audio signal to the at least one two-way radio after adding a delay to the audio signal when the voice radio signal is not determined as being received after a first predetermined time period, and upon receiving the voice radio signal from the at least one two-way radio, the radio control processor is configured to transmit the voice radio signal to the audio-video conferencing system after adding a delay to the voice radio signal when the audio signal is not determined as being received after a second predetermined time period.

2. The radio communication system of claim 1 wherein the audio signals are voice radio signals.

3. The radio communication system of claim 1 wherein the audio-video conferencing system is configured to enable an account configured to provide audio participation in the audio-video conference session to the at least one two-way radio during the audio-video conference session.

4. The radio communication system of claim 3 wherein the account is set to automatically answer upon initiation of the audio-video conference session.

5. A method of communicating voice audio between a two-way radio system and an audio-video conferencing system, the method comprising the steps of:

joining an audio-video conference session;

monitoring a first audio interface to determine whether a voice audio signal is being received from the audio-video conferencing system and a second audio interface to determine whether a voice radio signal is being received from at least one two-way radio,

upon receiving the voice audio signal from the audio-video conferencing system, transmitting the voice audio signal to at least one two-way radio after adding a delay to the voice audio signal when the voice radio signal is not determined as being received after a first predetermined time period, and

upon receiving the voice radio signal from the at least one two-way radio, transmitting the voice radio signal to the audio-video conferencing system after adding a delay to the voice radio signal when the voice audio signal is not determined as being received after a second predetermined time period.

Assignments (4)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 22, 2024
From: BEARCOM GROUP, INC.
To: LOAN ADMIN CO LLC
Reel/Frame 069369/0457 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 2, 2024
From: TWIN BROOK CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC
To: BEARCOM GROUP, INC.
Reel/Frame 065993/0871 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 26, 2023
From: BEARCOM GROUP, INC.
To: TWIN BROOK CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 063772/0178 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 4, 2021
From: BUTLER, MICHAEL
To: BEARCOM GROUP, INC.
Reel/Frame 057079/0757 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 63052812 · Jul 16, 2020
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