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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2012
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Haris Zisimopoulos, London, GB;
Miguel Griot, La Jolla, CA (US);
Arungundram Chandrasekaran Mahendran, San Diego, CA (US);
Farrokh Khatibi, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM, Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04W 4/08 (2009.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04W 8/04 (2009.01); H04W 4/38 (2018.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/08 (2013.01); H04L 12/185 (2013.01); H04W 4/38 (2018.02); H04W 4/70 (2018.02); H04W 8/04 (2013.01); H04W 84/042 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for group communications are provided. Subscriber information is obtained for each of a device in a group identified in a group message request. An appropriate mechanism for delivering a group message to each device or subset of devices within the group is determined based on device capability information.