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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2006
Shmuel Shaffer, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Steven L. Christenson, Campbell, CA (US);
Larry R. Metzger, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Chanh N. Vuong, San Jose, CA (US);
Deon J. Chatterton, Livermore, CA (US);
Byron G. Stevens, Newmarket, CA;
Shmuel Shaffer, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Steven L. Christenson, Campbell, CA (US);
Larry R. Metzger, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Chanh N. Vuong, San Jose, CA (US);
Deon J. Chatterton, Livermore, CA (US);
Byron G. Stevens, Newmarket, CA;
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for providing an indication of a communication includes facilitating communications between a plurality of endpoints within each of a plurality of virtual talk groups. The method also includes monitoring the communications between the plurality of endpoints within each of the plurality of virtual talk groups. The method further includes, upon detecting a first communication within a first virtual talk group of the plurality of virtual talk groups, activating a first indicator. The first indicator indicates the detection of the first communication. The method also includes, upon the occurrence of a first deactivating event, deactivating the first indicator.