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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2008
Scott Watson, Marina Del Rey, CA (US);
Armando Santana, Glendale, CA (US);
Orrin J. Shively, Glendale, CA (US);
Robert Swirsky, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jonathan Gilbert, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ben Brown, Austin, TX (US);
Scott Watson, Marina Del Rey, CA (US);
Armando Santana, Glendale, CA (US);
Orrin J. Shively, Glendale, CA (US);
Robert Swirsky, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jonathan Gilbert, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ben Brown, Austin, TX (US);
Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US);
Abstract
Provided is a system for managing group communications. The system comprises a communications server accessible by a group of users having a first mobile communication device and a second mobile communication device; a local services network interactively connected to the communications server; a group management application resident on the communications server, the group management application configured to activate a group communication session corresponding to an identification code assigned to the group, to support communications among the first mobile communication device, the second mobile communication device, and the local services network during the group session, and to terminate the group session after a predetermined time interval; the system designed to manage and distribute communications across the members of the group during the group communication session.