Conference Server Unidirectional Summing for Group Auditory Data
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current radio communication systems lack a method to selectively distribute important auditory data across multiple groups without terminating ongoing calls or sharing all auditory data amongst all groups, leading to a loss of granularity and increased confusion.
Innovation Solution
A conference server is used to receive and process auditory data streams, determining which groups are interested in receiving the data and summing relevant streams unidirectionally, allowing selective distribution without affecting ongoing calls or sharing with all groups.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If auditory data is distributed to all groups, then important messages can reach all subscriber devices, but granularity is lost and confusion increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the subscriber device population into multiple distinct groups, each receiving auditory data selectively. The server identifies and routes messages to specific target groups rather than broadcasting to all groups, preserving granularity while ensuring reliable delivery to relevant subscribers.
2Loss of information
If auditory data is distributed selectively to specific groups, then granularity is maintained, but important messages may not reach all necessary groups
Solution Approach 1:
The server implements feedback mechanisms to determine which groups are interested in receiving auditory data from specific source groups. This allows the system to adaptively route messages to the appropriate groups based on interest relationships, ensuring both granularity preservation and reliable delivery to all necessary recipients.
3Loss of information
If all auditory data streams are shared amongst all groups, then complete information is available, but system complexity and processing load increase
Solution Approach 1:
The server extracts only the necessary auditory data streams from the complete set of available streams, based on group interest relationships. Instead of distributing all data to all groups, the server selectively extracts and routes only the relevant streams to each target group, reducing system complexity while maintaining information completeness for relevant subscribers.
4Adaptability or versatility
If conference bridging is used to share auditory data across groups, then all groups receive all data, but ongoing calls are terminated and confusion increases
Solution Approach 1:
The server acts as an intermediary that enables cross-group auditory data sharing without requiring traditional conference bridging. It selectively routes data streams between groups based on interest relationships, allowing cross-group communication while maintaining the continuity of ongoing calls in each group and avoiding the confusion associated with universal sharing.
Data Source
AI summary
A first group auditory data stream, from a transmitting subscriber device of a first group of subscriber devices or from a dispatch console and intended for the first group of subscriber devices, is received at a conference server. The conference server determines whether the first group auditory data stream generated for the first group of subscriber devices is of interest to a second group of subscriber devices, and if so, sums the first group auditory data stream with a second group auditory data stream intended for the second group of subscriber devices to form a summed group auditory data stream. The conference server then forwards the summed group auditory data stream towards the second group of subscriber devices and forwards the first group auditory data stream towards the first group of subscriber devices.