Systems and methods for managing group communications over a communications network
View Patent ↗A communications system and method for managing a transmission of a given communication by a given communication device to one or more group members of one or more groups over a communications network is provided. The communications system comprises processing circuitry configured to: obtain event information regarding one or more events that are captured at the given communication device, the events not including activation of the given communication device by the user of the given communication device to transmit the given communication; and perform one or more actions based on the event information, automatically and without involvement of the user of the given communication device, in response to the user activating the given communication device to transmit the given communication.
1. A communications system for managing a transmission of a given communication by a given communication device to one or more group members of one or more groups over a communications network, wherein respective group members of each group of the groups include a user of the given communication device and one or more other users of a corresponding one or more other communication devices that communicate over the communications network, the communications system comprising processing circuitry configured to:
obtain event information regarding one or more events that are captured at the given communication device by a sensor, the events not including activation of the given communication device by the user of the given communication device to transmit the given communication; and
in response to the user activating the given communication device to transmit the given communication, and based on the event information, automatically select the groups to which to transmit the given communication without further involvement of the user of the given communication device;
wherein the events that are captured at the given communication device include one or more of the following: (a) a sound of gunfire; (b) audible content having a first decibel level greater than a predefined second decibel level; (c) a predetermined word or combination of words; or (d) human or other speech uttered at a first rate that is higher than a predefined second rate.
2. The communications system of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:
in response to the user activating the given communication device to transmit the given communication, and based on the event information, automatically burst into at least one of the groups.
3. The communications system of claim 1 , wherein the given communication device and the other communication devices are User Equipment (UE) endpoints.
4. The communications system of claim 1 , wherein the groups are Push to Talk (PTT) groups, and wherein the user of the given communication device activates the given communication device by activating a PTT button that is situated on or otherwise associated with the given communication device.
5. The communications system of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to obtain additional information, different than the event information, and wherein the groups are selected also based on the additional information.
6. The communications system of claim 5 , wherein the given communication device and the other communication devices are used by organizational members of at least one organization, and the additional information includes one or more of: (a) records associated with personnel in the at least one organization, or (b) data regarding policies or rules of the at least one organization.
7. The communications system of claim 5 , wherein the additional information is a reading of a speed at which the given communication device is displaced prior or concurrently to the activation of the given communication device to transmit the given communication.
8. The communications system of claim 5 , wherein the additional information is a location of the given communication device.
9. The communications system of claim 5 , wherein the additional information is historical data of one or more previous communications transmitted or received by the given communication device.
10. A method for managing a transmission of a given communication by a given communication device to one or more group members of one or more groups over a communications network, wherein respective group members of each group of the groups include a user of the given communication device and one or more other users of a corresponding one or more other communication devices that communicate over the communications network, the method comprising:
obtaining event information regarding one or more events that are captured at the given communication device by a sensor, the events not including activation of the given communication device by the user of the given communication device to transmit the given communication; and
in response to the user activating the given communication device to transmit the given communication, and based on the event information, automatically selecting the groups to which to transmit the given communication without further involvement of the user of the given communication device;
wherein the events that are captured at the given communication device include one or more of the following: (a) a sound of gunfire; (b) audible content having a first decibel level greater than a predefined second decibel level; (c) a predetermined word or combination of words; or (d) human or other speech uttered at a first rate that is higher than a predefined second rate.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein, in response to the user activating the given communication device to transmit the given communication, and based on the event information, the method further comprises:
automatically bursting into at least one of the groups.
12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the given communication device and the other communication devices are User Equipment (UE) endpoints.
13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the groups are Push to Talk (PTT) groups, and wherein the user of the given communication device activates the given communication device by activating a PTT button that is situated on or otherwise associated with the given communication device.
14. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
obtaining additional information, different than the event information, wherein the groups are selected also based on the additional information.
15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the given communication device and the other communication devices are used by organizational members of at least one organization, and the additional information includes one or more of: (a) records associated with personnel in the at least one organization, or (b) data regarding policies or rules of the at least one organization.
16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the additional information is a reading of a speed at which the given communication device is displaced prior or concurrently to the activation of the given communication device to transmit the given communication.
17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the additional information is a location of the given communication device.
18. The method of claim 14 , wherein the additional information is historical data of one or more previous communications transmitted or received by the given communication device.
19. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code, executable by a processing circuitry of a computer to perform a method for managing a transmission of a given communication by a given communication device to one or more group members of one or more groups over a communications network, wherein respective group members of each group of the groups include a user of the given communication device and one or more other users of a corresponding one or more other communication devices that communicate over the communications network, the method comprising:
obtaining event information regarding one or more events that are captured at the given communication device by a sensor, the events not including activation of the given communication device by the user of the given communication device to transmit the given communication; and
in response to the user activating the given communication device to transmit the given communication, and based on the event information, automatically selecting the groups to which to transmit the given communication without further involvement of the user of the given communication device;
wherein the events that are captured at the given communication device include one or more of the following: (a) a sound of gunfire; (b) audible content having a first decibel level greater than a predefined second decibel level; (c) a predetermined word or combination of words; or (d) human or other speech uttered at a first rate that is higher than a predefined second rate.