# US 12,004,048 B2 · Communication system and method for cooperative press participation at an incident scene > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,004,048 B2 - Document ID: US12004048B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/645,217 - Filed: 2021-12-20 - Published: 2023-06-22 - Granted: 2024-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2021-12-20 - Assignees: Motorola Solutions, Inc. - Applicants: Motorola Solutions, Inc. - Inventors: Barbara R Doutre; Sean Regan; James D Barrus; Stephen B Einbinder - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12004048B2 ## CPC - H04W 4/029: Location-based management or tracking services - H04W 4/021: Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences - H04W 4/90: Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS] - H04W 48/04: based on user or terminal location or mobility data, e.g. moving direction, speed - H04W 8/06: Registration at serving network Location Register, VLR or user mobility server - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A communication system, apparatus, and method are provided including a portable public safety (PS) radio that scans a portable non public safety (non-PS) communication device having electronic press credentials stored therein. A server temporarily registers the portable non-PS communication device and electronic press credentials. The server monitors movement of the temporarily registered device for boundary violations within a public safety incident scene, and communicates a warning to the temporarily registered device in response to boundary violations. Electronic press scores are saved and used as a basis to determine access to future registration requests at future incident scenes. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for press and public safety agencies to interoperate, comprising: presenting an electronic press pass having electronic press credentials stored therein upon entry to a public safety incident scene, the electronic press pass being associated with a portable non-public safety (non-PS) communication device; scanning the electronic press pass, using a scanning function of a portable public safety (PS) radio; verifying, by a server, that the electronic press credentials are acceptable for access to an approved zone of the public safety incident scene; temporarily registering the portable non-PS communication device and electronic press credentials with the server for access to the approved zone as a temporarily registered device; determining, by the server, that a location of the temporarily registered device has crossed a boundary into a keep-out zone of the public safety incident scene; and sending a boundary warning from the server to the temporarily registered device with instructions to relocate to the approved zone. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: alerting the portable PS radio, by the server, that the boundary warning has been sent to the temporarily registered device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic press pass comprises an electronic badge having the electronic press credentials stored therein, and the portable non-PS communication device comprises one of: a cell phone, tablet or laptop. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic press pass with electronic press credentials is stored directly within the portable non-PS communication device, and the portable non-PS comprises on of: a cell phone, a tablet, or laptop. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein temporarily registering further comprises: granting permissions to the server to monitor the location of the temporarily registered device while the temporarily registered device is operating within the public safety incident scene. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: monitoring, by the server, a location of the temporarily registered device having the electronic press credentials. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: alerting the portable PS radio of the boundary warning sent to the temporality registered device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: alerting the portable PS radio of the boundary warning sent to the temporality registered device, along with a recommendation action based on a severity level of the boundary warning. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: tracking boundary violations and non-violations over time using the server; and storing analytics on the tracked boundary violations and non-violations within a public safety database associated with the server. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: assigning different warning levels for each boundary violation. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the warning level are based on time of the temporarily registered device inside the keep-out zone. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: updating the electronic press credentials with a historical data score based on a tracked history of violations and non-violations. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, further comprising: updating a public safety database with the historical data score based on tracked history of violations and non-violations. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein verifying further comprises: verifying, by the server, that the electronic press credentials are acceptable, based on a historical press pass score, for access to the approved zone of the public safety incident scene. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the public safety incident scene is electronically mapped showing the approved zone and the keep-out zone separated by a boundary. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, further comprising: communicating an updated boundary to the temporarily registered device.