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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2006
Shmuel Shaffer, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Shah Talukder, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Kittur V. Nagesh, Saratoga, CA (US);
Douglas J. Hall, Westerville, OH (US);
Larry R. Metzger, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Yogesh Kalley, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Shmuel Shaffer, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Shah Talukder, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Kittur V. Nagesh, Saratoga, CA (US);
Douglas J. Hall, Westerville, OH (US);
Larry R. Metzger, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Yogesh Kalley, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for managing virtual talk groups includes facilitating communications from a plurality of endpoints via an interoperability system. The plurality of endpoints comprises endpoints of different communication networks. The method includes configuring a virtual talk group comprising a first group of the plurality of endpoints and assigning to at least one endpoint of the first group of the plurality of endpoints of the virtual talk group functionality with respect to the interoperability system based on a relative priority of the at least one endpoint to other endpoints of the first group of the plurality of endpoints.