US 10,257,740 B2 · Assigning priorities to portable communication devices based on roles associated with an incident profile

Abstract

A method of assigning a priority to a portable communication device in a communication system. The method includes determining an incident profile. The incident profile defines an expected timeline having a first incident stage, a first role associated with the first incident stage, a second incident stage, and a second role associated with the second incident stage. The first role is different than the second role, and the incident profile indicates a desired priority rank for the first role and the second role. The method also includes assigning a priority rank to a first portable communication device when the first portable communication device corresponds to the first role during the first incident stage, detecting a transition between the first incident stage and the second incident stage, and assigning the priority rank of the portable communication device according to the second role during the second incident stage.

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Dependent claims

A method of assigning priorities to a portable communication device in a communication system across different stages of an incident, the method comprising:

accessing, with an electronic processor, an incident profile defining an expected timeline of an incident, the expected timeline specifying a first incident stage of the incident, a first responder role associated with the first incident stage, a second incident stage of the incident, and a second responder role associated with the second incident stage, the first responder role being different than the second responder role, and the incident profile indicating a desired priority rank for the first and second responder roles;
assigning, with the electronic processor, a priority rank to the portable communication device when the portable communication device corresponds to the first responder role during the first incident stage;
detecting, with the electronic processor, a transition between the first incident stage and the second incident stage;
and
assigning, with the electronic processor, the priority rank to the portable communication device based on the second responder role associated with the second incident stage in response to detecting the transition to the second incident stage.

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A communication controller for assigning priorities to a portable communication device in a communication system across different stages of an incident, the communication controller comprising:

an interface configured to access an incident profile defining an expected timeline of an incident, the expected timeline specifying a first incident stage of the incident, a first responder role associated with the first incident stage, a second incident stage of the incident, and a second responder role associated with the second incident stage of the incident, the first responder role being different than the second responder role, and the incident profile indicating different priority ranks for the first responder role and the second responder role;
and
an electronic processor coupled to the interface, and configured to
assign a first priority rank to a portable communication device, the portable communication device corresponding to the first responder role, during the first incident stage, and
detect a transition from the first incident stage to the second incident stage,
assign a second priority rank to the portable communication device based on the second responder role associated with the second incident stage, after the transition to the second incident stage.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Assigning priorities to portable communication devices based on roles associated with an incident profile

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Assigning priorities to portable communication devices based on roles associated with an incident profile

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