Method and apparatus for broadcasting audio in a communication system
AssigneeMitel Corporation
InventorsMohamad Mozher Hamzeh, Mitchell Smith
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Abstract
A Group Page process is implemented by which a variable audio source may be dynamically allocated circuit switch channels for broadcasting to a group of devices. The process is implemented via message exchanges between a Group Page Manager which accesses a data structure relating to the grouped devices, and a Paging Party Call Process associated with the party desirous of broadcasting an audio page.
Claims6
In a circuit switched communication system having a paging device desirous of broadcasting audio to a plurality of paged devices, the improvement comprising:
- a Paging Party Call Process for receiving a request from said paging device to broadcast said audio to said plurality of paged devices and in response generating a termination message including a unique address for identifying said plurality of paged devices;
- a group page data structure comprising at least one record identified by said unique address and containing connection information relating to said paging device and said plurality of paged devices;
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- a Group Page Process for receiving said termination message and in response accessing said group data structure and dynamically establishing circuit switch channels according to said connection information contained in said at least one record identified by said unique address for broadcasting said audio from said paging device to said paged devices.
A method of broadcasting an audio page to a group of paged devices from a paging device connected to a circuit switched communication system, comprising the steps of:
- maintaining a data structure comprising at least one record identified by a unique address and containing connection information relating to said paging device and said plurality of page devices;
- receiving a termination request message including said unique address from said paging device and in response accessing said data structure and dynamically establishing circuit switch channels according to said connection information contained in said at least one record identified by said unique address for broadcasting said audio from said paging device to said paged devices;
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- receiving a release message from said paging device following the broadcasting of said audio and in response clearing down said circuit switch channels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.