Method and apparatus for determining a message prefix
A method and apparatus for generating a message, or message prefix, is provided herein. During operation a message generator will have knowledge of a status of devices connected to form a personal-area network (PAN) and/or have knowledge of a current incident type assigned to a user. The message generator will then provide messages to the user based on the status of associated PAN devices and/or the incident type.
1. An apparatus comprising:
a wide-area network transceiver configured to receive information regarding an incident type assigned to a public-safety officer;
logic circuitry configured to map the incident type to potential messages; and
a graphical-user interface (GUI) configured to display the potential messages, and receive a user action selecting at least one of the displayed messages to be inserted as text into a message field of a messaging/texting application.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the logic circuitry is also configured to insert the selected messages into the message field of the messaging/texting application.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:
a personal-area-network (PAN) transceiver configured to receive a sensor data from a plurality of sensors that form a PAN; and
wherein the logic circuitry maps both the incident type and the sensor data to the potential messages.
4. The apparatus of claim 3 wherein the sensor data comprises information that a gun has been drawn.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the potential messages are based on the incident type such that a first incident type will map to a first set of potential messages, and second incident type will map to second set of potential messages.
6. An apparatus comprising:
a wide-area network transceiver configured to receive information regarding an incident type assigned to a public-safety officer;
a personal-area-network (PAN) transceiver configured to receive a sensor data from a plurality of sensors that form a PAN;
logic circuitry configured to map the incident type and the sensor data to potential messages;
a graphical-user interface (GUI) configured to display the potential messages, and receive a user action selecting at least one of the displayed messages to be inserted as text into a message field of a messaging/texting application; and
wherein the logic circuitry is also configured to insert the selected messages into the message field of the messaging/texting application.
7. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein the potential messages are based on the incident type and the sensor data such that a first incident type and sensor data will map to a first set of potential messages, and second incident type and sensor data will map to second set of potential messages.
8. A method comprising the steps of:
receiving information regarding an incident type assigned to a public-safety officer;
mapping the incident type to potential messages;
displaying the potential messages
receiving a user action selecting at least one of the displayed messages; and
inserting the selected message as text into a message field of a messaging/texting application.
9. The method of claim 8 further comprising the step of:
receiving a sensor data from a plurality of sensors that form a PAN; and
the step of mapping comprises mapping both the incident type and the sensor data to the potential messages.
10. The method of claim 9 wherein the sensor data comprises information that a gun has been drawn.
11. The method of claim 8 wherein the potential messages are based on the incident type such that a first incident type will map to a first set of potential messages, and second incident type will map to second set of potential messages.