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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2005
David Martin, Chantilly, VA (US);
Karalyn Szuszczewicz, Haymarket, VA (US);
Trinh VU, Ashburn, VA (US);
David Martin, Chantilly, VA (US);
Karalyn Szuszczewicz, Haymarket, VA (US);
Trinh Vu, Ashburn, VA (US);
Nextel Communications, Inc., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
In an embodiment of a method of the present invention, the method includes the acts of establishing a dispatch multi-party call between a set of communication devices and establishing a sidebar communication between a subset of the set of communication devices. The set of communication devices participate in the dispatch multi-party call and only the subset of communication devices participate in the sidebar communication. In an embodiment of a system of the present invention, the system includes a dispatch network and a set of communication devices in communication with the dispatch network. The dispatch network establishes a dispatch multi-party call between the set of communication devices and a sidebar communication between a subset of the set of communication devices, wherein the set of communication devices participate in the dispatch multi-party call and only the subset of communication devices participate in the sidebar communication.