Inter-Talkgroup Sharing via Hold Touch Input

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Solution Overview

Problem

Public safety personnel face inefficiencies in sharing information across different talkgroups, requiring lengthy cut-and-paste operations or selecting a destination talkgroup from a menu, which is unacceptable in mission-critical situations.

Innovation Solution

A device and method for inter-talkgroup sharing, where an item from a selected talkgroup can be shared with another talkgroup by holding touch input on a touchscreen display and selecting the destination talkgroup using a talkgroup selector, allowing seamless transfer of items such as text, graphics, and metadata between talkgroups.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of time

If traditional cut-and-paste operation or menu-based share operation is used to share items between talkgroups, then the sharing function is achieved, but the time required for sharing becomes excessively long

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetime required for sharing operationsVSAvoidcomplexity of sharing operation
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of timeVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-configures multiple talkgroups and establishes sharing relationships in advance. When sharing is needed, the user simply selects the destination talkgroup from a pre-established list, eliminating the need for real-time menu navigation and destination selection, thus significantly reducing sharing time while maintaining ease of operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Adaptability or versatility

If manual selection of destination talkgroup from menu is required, then sharing between different talkgroups is enabled, but the operational efficiency decreases in mission-critical situations

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveability to share across multiple talkgroupsVSAvoidinformation dissemination speed
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-establishes sharing relationships and configurations for multiple talkgroups before mission-critical operations. During actual operations, users can quickly select from pre-configured destinations, enabling versatile cross-talkgroup sharing while maintaining high information dissemination speed through eliminated menu navigation steps.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables copying of items between talkgroups through simplified operations. Pre-configured sharing relationships allow users to copy information to multiple destinations simultaneously or sequentially without manual configuration, thus maintaining adaptability while dramatically improving productivity during critical operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentEP3868087B1Device, system and method for inter-talkgroup sharing
Publication Date: 2022.09.14 MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC
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AI summary

A device system and method for inter-talkgroup sharing is provided. A device comprises: a radio configured to communicate on a plurality of talkgroups; a talkgroup selector; a touchscreen display; and a controller. The controller is configured to: render, at the touchscreen display, an item associated with a first talkgroup, of the plurality of talkgroups; receive, at the touchscreen display, hold touch input at the item; receive, at the talkgroup selector, a selection of a second talkgroup, of the plurality of talkgroups; after the second talkgroup is selected, determine that the hold touch input has ended; and, in response, share, using the radio, the item in the second talkgroup.