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Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008

Filed:

Dec. 31, 2002
Applicants:

Donald G. Newberg, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);

Matthew Keller, Algonquin, IL (US);

Michael F. Korus, Eden Prairie, MN (US);

Ross J. Lillie, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);

Inventors:

Donald G. Newberg, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);

Matthew Keller, Algonquin, IL (US);

Michael F. Korus, Eden Prairie, MN (US);

Ross J. Lillie, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);

Assignee:

Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

In a communications system having a plurality of endpoints each including a logical entity and its physical counterpart, a method for group affiliation. The method including the steps of: receiving a first message from a requestor via application layer routing that includes an affiliation request; generating a response to the affiliation request as a function of the type of affiliation request received; and communicating the response to the affiliation request to the requestor via application layer routing.


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