US Patent:
20040082352, Apr 29, 2004
Inventors:
Edward Keating - Deer Park IL, US
James Kovac - Streamwood IL, US
Donivon Hettich - Mundelein IL, US
International Classification:
H04B007/00
H04Q007/20
Abstract:
A method, equipment, and environment for dynamically controlling a wireless group call and group call participants in a manner that provides and enables accurate billing of each call participant. The methodology involves selecting a group of mobile stations to participate in the wireless group call () and causing an invitation message to be transmitted to the group of mobile stations (). The methodology then includes setting up a dynamic group of mobile stations based on replies received from the group of mobile stations (), preferably by editing the dynamic group of mobile stations, and then validating the mobile stations in the dynamic group as members of the wireless group call ().