Method for prioritizing a communication in a wireless communication system
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorsDwight Randall Smith, Thomas Casey Hill, Slim Souissi, Carl Bernard Olson
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Abstract
A wireless communication system receives (402) a communication specifying a portable subscriber unit (122) for which the communication is intended, and further indicating an originator location at which an originator of the communication is positioned. The system determines (404) a recipient location at which the portable subscriber unit is positioned. The system then calculates (406) a distance between the originator location and the recipient location, and routes (412) the communication to the portable subscriber unit when the distance meets a distance criterion.
Claims12
A method for prioritizing a communication including an originator of said communication in a wireless communication system serving a plurality of portable subscriber units, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving said communication, which specifies one of the plurality of portable subscriber units for which said communication is intended;
- computing a speed at which said one of the plurality of portable subscriber units is moving;
- comparing said speed with a speed threshold;
- comparing said originator with a list of important originators associated with said one of the plurality of portable subscriber units, in response to said speed exceeding the speed threshold;
- diverting said communication to a message storage when said originator is found to be not included in the list of important originators;
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- routing said communication to said one of the plurality of portable subscriber units when not diverting said communication to said message storage.
A method for prioritizing a communication including a priority indicator controlled by an originator of said communication for indicating a priority of said communication in a wireless communication system serving a plurality of portable subscriber units, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving said communication, which specifies one of the plurality of portable subscriber units for which said communication is intended;
- computing a speed at which said one of the plurality of portable subscriber units is moving;
- comparing said speed with a speed threshold;
- comparing said priority with a priority threshold, when said speed exceeds the speed threshold;
- routing said communication to said one of the plurality of portable subscriber units when said speed does not exceed the speed threshold;
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- routing said communication to said one of the plurality of portable subscriber units when said priority is above the priority threshold.
A method for prioritizing a communication in a wireless communication system serving a plurality of portable subscriber units, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving said communication from one of the plurality of portable subscriber units;
- determining a geographic location at which the one of the plurality of portable subscriber units is positioned;
- assigning a location context to said geographic location, and designating a time period during which the location context is applicable;
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- assigning a priority to said communication, the priority based upon said geographic location and the location context, and basing the priority upon the location context only during said time period;
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- processing said communication in accordance with said priority.
A method for prioritizing a communication in a wireless communication system serving a plurality of portable subscriber units, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving said communication from one of the plurality of portable subscriber units;
- determining a geographic location, using a location receiver, at which the one of the plurality of portable subscriber units is positioned;
- assigning a priority to said communication, the priority based upon said geographic location;
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- processing said communication in accordance with said priority.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.