# US 11,445,336 B2 · Land mobile radio dispatch console > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,445,336 B2 - Document ID: US11445336B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/694,537 - Filed: 2019-11-25 - Published: 2020-03-19 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2009-03-09 - Assignees: E.F. Johnson Company - Applicants: E.F. Johnson Company - Inventors: Arindam Roy; Jonathan Nathan Yanez; Gary Matthew Witulski - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11445336B2 ## CPC - H04W 4/10: Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-On-Call services - H04L 12/1818: {Conference organisation arrangements, e.g. handling schedules, setting up parameters needed by nodes to attend a conference, booking network resources, notifying involved parties} - H04L 12/1895: {for short real-time information, e.g. alarms, notifications, alerts, updates} - H04L 51/226: Delivery according to priorities - H04L 51/23: Reliability checks, e.g. acknowledgments or fault reporting - H04L 51/58: Message adaptation for wireless communication - H04L 65/4061: Push-to services, e.g. push-to-talk or push-to-video - H04M 11/04: with alarm systems, e.g. fire, police or burglar alarm systems - H04W 76/45: for Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-to-Talk over cellular [PoC] services - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) ## Abstract An exemplary land mobile radio dispatch console and method are provided. In one embodiment, the console has the capability to process and handle Requests To Talk (RTT) and emergencies. In another embodiment, the console has the capability to provide a history. In another embodiment, the console provides the capability for operators to configure and save patches of predefined groups for later use. In another embodiment, the console includes a telephone interconnect interface component, and combinations of features mentioned above. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A land mobile radio system, the system comprising: a display configured to display at least one panel, wherein the panel includes representations of data by the display, wherein the panel including the data is automatically dynamically modified in response to a call being received by the system, the automatic dynamic modification comprising: replacing a button with an acknowledge button; in response to a user pressing the acknowledge button, replacing the acknowledge button with a clear button. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, further comprising: a user interface input component operatively connected to display, by the display, interactive controls responsive to user selections to process the data, wherein the data comprises recorded call data including audio data and metadata about the recorded call data, wherein the interactive controls permit user control of processing of the audio data of the recorded call data, and wherein the panel including the data is dynamically modified to adjust a position of the panel in response to a user input to include the display of the interactive controls. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, wherein the user interface input component is operatively connected to perform at least one of: displaying interactive controls responsive to user selections to play and pause the audio data; displaying the interactive controls responsive to user selections to sort the recorded call data by the metadata; displaying the interactive controls responsive to user selections to filter the recorded call data by the metadata; and displaying the interactive controls responsive to user selections to export the recorded call data. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, further comprising clearing the automatic dynamic modification in response to the user pressing the clear button. ### Claim 5 A land mobile radio system having patch definition capability, the system comprising: at least one user interface component operatively connected to display at least one patch control and at least one of representations of talk groups to a console operator by a display and a patch menu by the display, wherein the patch menu displays one or more patches to the user for selection, wherein, in response to a selecting a patch from the patch menu, the at least one patch control displays a first control function comprising a notification of a conflict with the patch selected from the patch menu and with one or more of the talk groups of the patch selected and active in another patch. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The system of claim 5, a patch configuration module operatively connected to respond to user selection of one of the patches and at least one other talk group by at least one of: (a) adding the other talk group to the patch and reconnecting the patch, thereby creating a reconnected patch, and saving the reconnected patch for future use; or (b) indicating the conflict with the patch via the first control function, before disconnection of the selected patch is completed in an attempt at creation of the reconnected patch. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The system of claim 5, further comprising: a call record generation module operatively connected to generate recorded call data of calls handled by the console system, including audio data and metadata about the recorded call data, and to store the recorded call data in a computer readable medium; a user interface output component operatively connected to access the computer readable medium and provide a display of representations of the recorded call data by the display, including at least part of the metadata about the recorded call data; and a user interface input component operatively connected to display, by the display, interactive controls responsive to user selections to process the recorded call data. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, further comprising wherein the calls include at least one of: (a) telephone calls; (b) requests to talk; (c) emergencies; (d) intercom communications; and (e) status messages. ### Claim 9 A method of operation for use with a land mobile radio system including a panel including representations of data by a display, the display being configured to display a plurality of patches, the method comprising: modifying, automatically, in response to a call being received, the panel, the automatic dynamic modification comprising: replacing a button with an acknowledge button; and in response to a user pressing the acknowledge button, replacing the acknowledge button with a clear button. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, further comprising: displaying, by the display, interactive controls on the display and responsive to user selections to process the data, wherein the data comprises recorded call data including audio data and metadata about the recorded call data, wherein the interactive controls permit user control of processing of the audio data of the recorded call data; and dynamically modifying, by the display, the panel including the data to adjust a position of the panel in response to a user input to include the display of the interactive controls. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, further comprising performing at least one of: displaying the interactive controls responsive to user selections to play and pause the audio data; displaying the interactive controls responsive to user selections to sort the recorded call data by the metadata; displaying the interactive controls responsive to user selections to filter the recorded call data by the metadata; or displaying the interactive controls responsive to user selections to export the recorded call data. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the metadata includes at least one of message type, talk group, source ID, date, time, or call length. ### Claim 13 A method of operation for use with a land mobile radio system having patch definition capability, the method comprising: displaying representations of talk groups by a display; displaying a patch menu by the display together with a patch control, wherein the patch menu displays one or more patches for selection; and displaying, via the patch control of the patch menu, a first control function in response to selecting a patch from the patch menu, wherein the first control function is a notification of a conflict with the patch selected from the patch menu and with the one or more of the talk groups of the patch selected and active in another patch. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, further comprising: responding, by a patch configuration module, to selection of one of the patches and at least one other talk group by at least one of: (a) adding the other talk group to the patch and reconnecting the patch, thereby creating a reconnected patch, and saving the reconnected patch for future use; or (b) indicating the conflict with the patch via the first control function, before disconnection of the selected patch is completed in an attempt at creation of the reconnected patch. ### Claim 15 One or more non-transitory storage media embodied with computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform a method of operation for use with a land mobile radio system, the method comprising: di splaying representations of talk groups by a display; displaying a patch menu by the display together with a patch control, wherein the patch menu displays one or more patches for selection; and displaying, via the patch control of the patch menu, a first control function, wherein the first control function is a notification of a conflict with the patch selected from the patch menu comprising wherein one or more of the talk groups of the patch selected are active in another patch. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The one or more non-transitory storage media of claim 15, wherein the method further comprises: displaying, by the display, interactive controls on the display and responsive to selections to process data, wherein the data comprises recorded call data including audio data and metadata about the recorded call data, wherein the interactive controls permit user control of processing of the audio data of the recorded call data; and dynamically modifying, by the display, the panel including the data to adjust a position of the panel in response to a user input to include the display of the interactive controls. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The one or more non-transitory storage media of claim 16, wherein displaying the interactive controls includes performing at least one of: displaying the interactive controls responsive to user selections to play and pause the audio data; displaying the interactive controls responsive to user selections to sort the recorded call data by the metadata; displaying the interactive controls responsive to user selections to filter the recorded call data by the metadata; or displaying the interactive controls responsive to user selections to export the recorded call data. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The one or more non-transitory storage media of claim 16, wherein the metadata includes at least one of message type, talk group, source ID, date, time, or call length. ### Claim 19 One or more non-transitory storage media embodied with computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform a method of operation for use with a land mobile radio system, the method comprising: displaying representations of talk groups by a display; displaying a patch menu by the display together with a patch control, wherein the patch menu displays one or more patches for selection; displaying, via the patch control of the patch menu, a first control function in response to selecting a patch from the patch menu, wherein the first control function is a notification of a conflict with the patch selected from the patch menu comprising wherein one or more of the talk groups of the patch selected is active in another patch. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The one or more non-transitory storage media of claim 19, wherein the method further comprises: responding, by a patch configuration module, to user selection of one of the patches and at least one other talk group by at least one of: (a) adding the other talk group to the patch and reconnecting the patch, thereby creating a reconnected patch, and saving the reconnected patch for future use; or (b) indicating the conflict with the patch via the first control function, before disconnection of the patch is completed in an attempt at creation of the reconnected patch.