Phone-less member of group communication constellations

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11265684-B2
Application number	US-202016878037-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 19, 2020
Priority date	Mar 3, 2017
Publication date	Mar 1, 2022
Grant date	Mar 1, 2022

Abstract

Systems and methods are described for intelligent grouping between group communication devices. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving, at a remote management platform, a recorded audio message from a first communication device that device includes a cellular networking component capable of connecting the first communication device to a cellular network. The first communication device may have a default grouping with a set of additional communication devices. In some embodiments, the default grouping can be created at a factory when the communication devices are manufactured. In other embodiments, the first communication device and the set of additional communications devices can be automatically paired upon initialization via a local communication network. A linking request can be automatically sent to the remote management platform to create the default grouping (e.g., by creating an entry in a routing table at the remote management platform).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus comprising:
a processor configured to implement a remote management platform to manage audio communications between wireless communication devices within a communication group, including:
maintain a database of group profiles for a plurality of communication groups, the group profiles enabling routing of messages between a plurality of communication devices associated with a corresponding communication group;
create, automatically upon initial activation of a first wireless communication device, a first group profile in the database for a default grouping including the first wireless communication device and a second wireless communication device, the default grouping associated with and determined based on an identifier of the first wireless communication device rather than a manual selection; and
modify the first group profile to add or delete a third communication device based on a modification request received from the first wireless communication device.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of communication devices route messages intended for other communication devices through the remote management platform via cellular transmission.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , the processor further configured to broadcast a message received from any communication device in the first group profile to all other communication devices in the first group profile.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor implements the remote management platform as a cloud-based service.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:
communication devices have associated unique identifiers; and
the default grouping includes wireless communication devices that each share at least a common portion of their respective unique identifiers.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the default grouping for wireless communication devices is established at manufacturing of the wireless communication devices.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:
the modification request includes a voice command received from the first wireless communication device; and
the remote management platform uses natural language processing to parse the modification request.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the modification request directs the remote management platform to add a bot as the third communication device, with a processing system capable of processing natural language commands and generating a response.

9. A method comprising:
implementing a remote management platform to manage audio communications between wireless communication devices within a communication group, including:
maintaining a database of group profiles for a plurality of communication groups, the group profiles enabling routing of messages between a plurality of communication devices associated with a corresponding communication group;
creating, automatically upon initial activation of a first wireless communication device, a first group profile in the database for a default grouping including the first wireless communication device and a second wireless communication device, the default grouping associated with and determined based on an identifier of the first wireless communication device rather than a manual selection;
modifying the first group profile to add or delete a third communication device based on a modification request received from the first wireless communication device; and
routing audio communications based on the first group profile.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the remote management platform receives and forwards audio communications between communication devices in a same communication group via cellular transmission.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein implementing the remote management platform further includes broadcasting a message received from any communication device in the first group profile to all other communication devices in the first group profile.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein:
communication devices have associated unique identifiers; and
the default grouping includes wireless communication devices that each share at least a common portion of their respective unique identifiers.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the default grouping for wireless communication devices is established at manufacturing of the wireless communication devices.

14. The method of claim 9 , wherein:
the modification request includes a voice command received from the first wireless communication device; and
the remote management platform uses natural language processing to parse the modification request.

15. The method of claim 9 , wherein the modification request directs the remote management platform to add a bot as the third communication device, with a processing system capable of processing natural language commands and generating a response.

16. A memory device storing instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to perform a method comprising:
implementing a remote management platform to manage audio communications between wireless communication devices within a communication group, including:
maintaining a database of group profiles for a plurality of communication groups, the group profiles enabling routing of messages between a plurality of communication devices associated with a corresponding communication group;
creating, automatically upon initial activation of a first wireless communication device, a first group profile in the database for a default grouping including the first wireless communication device and a second wireless communication device, the default grouping associated with and determined based on an identifier of the first wireless communication device rather than a manual selection;
modifying the first group profile to add or delete a third communication device based on a modification request received from the first wireless communication device; and
routing audio communications based on the first group profile.

17. The memory device of claim 16 , wherein:
the remote management platform receives and forwards audio communications between communication devices in a same communication group via cellular transmission; and
implementing the remote management platform further includes broadcasting a message received from any communication device in the first group profile to all other communication devices in the first group profile.

18. The memory device of claim 16 , wherein:
communication devices have associated unique identifiers; and
the default grouping includes wireless communication devices that each share at least a common portion of their respective unique identifiers.

19. The memory device of claim 16 , wherein:
the modification request includes a voice command received from the first wireless communication device; and
the remote management platform uses natural language processing to parse the modification request.

20. The memory device of claim 16 , wherein the modification request directs the remote management platform to add a bot as the third communication device, with a processing system capable of processing natural language commands and generating a response.

Assignees

• Orion Labs
• Orion Labs Inc

Inventors

• Robbins Jesse
• Juhlin Ellen

Classifications

• H04W60/00

  Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration · CPC title

• H04W12/50

  Secure pairing of devices · CPC title

• G10L15/22

  Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue · CPC title

• G10L15/1822

  Parsing for meaning understanding · CPC title

• H04W8/183

  Processing at user equipment or user record carrier · CPC title