Sharing a talkgroup

A computing system comprising one or more processing elements configured to:

• store data reflecting an association between a first entity and individual subscriber equipment communications devices of a first set of subscriber equipment communications devices;
• store data reflecting an association between a second entity that is different from the first entity and individual subscriber equipment communications devices of a second set of subscriber equipment communications devices;
• store data reflecting an association between the first entity and a talkgroup;
• store data identifying a subset of the first set of subscriber equipment communications devices associated with the first entity permitted to participate in the talkgroup associated with the first entity;
• enable, based on the data identifying the subset of the first set of subscriber equipment communications devices permitted to participate in the talkgroup associated with the first entity, individual subscriber equipment communications devices of the subset of the first set of subscriber equipment communications devices to participate in the talkgroup associated with the first entity;
• process a request for an identifier for the second entity received from a system associated with the second entity;
• as a consequence of having processed the request for the identifier for the second entity, send an identifier for the second entity to the first system associated with the second entity;
• process one or more communications received from a second system associated with the first entity, the one or more communications received from the second system including the identifier for the second entity and an instruction to permit at least one subscriber equipment communications device associated with an entity identified by the identifier to participate in the talkgroup associated with the first entity;
• in response to processing the one or more communications received from the second system:
• access a data store and using the received identifier for the second entity to determine, based on data stored in the data store, that the second entity is identified by the identifier,
• store data reflecting that at least one subscriber equipment communications device associated with the second entity is permitted to participate in the talkgroup associated with the first entity, and
• send, to another system associated with the second entity, an indication that at least one subscriber equipment communications device associated with the second entity is permitted to participate in the talkgroup associated with the first entity;
• process an instruction received from the other system associated with the second entity to enable a subset of the second set of subscriber equipment communications devices to participate in the talkgroup associated with the first entity;
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• as a consequence of having processed the instruction to enable the subset of subscriber equipment communications devices of the second set of subscriber equipment communications devices to participate in the talkgroup associated with the first entity:
• determine, based on the stored data reflecting that at least one subscriber equipment communications device associated with the second entity is permitted to participate in the talkgroup associated with the first entity, that at least one subscriber equipment communications device associated with the second entity is permitted to participate in the talkgroup associated with the first entity,
• determine, based on the stored data reflecting the association between the second entity and individual subscriber equipment communications devices of the second set of subscriber equipment communications devices, that the subset of the second set of subscriber equipment communications devices is associated with the second entity, and
• as a consequence of having determined that at least one subscriber equipment communications device associated with the second entity is permitted to participate in the talkgroup associated with the first entity and that the subset of the second set of subscriber equipment communications devices is associated with the second entity, enable individual subscriber equipment communications devices of the subset of the second set of subscriber equipment communications devices to participate in the talkgroup associated with the first entity.

A computing system comprising one or more processing elements configured to:

• enable a first set of subscriber equipment communications devices associated with a first subscribing organization to participate in a first talkgroup within a wireless communications network, the first talkgroup being associated with the first subscribing organization;
• enable a second set of subscriber equipment communications devices associated with a second subscribing organization to participate in a second talkgroup within the wireless communications network, the second talkgroup being associated with the second subscribing organization;
• enable the first subscribing organization to manage the first talkgroup;
• enable the second subscribing organization to manage the second talkgroup;
• process an instruction received from a computing system associated with the first subscribing organization to permit at least one subscriber equipment communications device associated with the second subscribing organization that is different from the first subscribing organization to participate in the first talkgroup associated with the first subscribing organization within the wireless communications network;
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• as a consequence of processing the instruction, enabling one or more subscriber equipment communications devices associated with the second subscribing organization to participate in the talkgroup associated with the first subscribing organization within the wireless communications network.