Methods and apparatus for managing group membership for group communications

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9503866
APP PUB NO 20130294324A1
SERIAL NO

13937727

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Improved group communications methods which are well suited for a wireless environment are described. End nodes request that access nodes make changes in group membership information maintained at the access node. The access node responds to the requests by a response signal indicating a grant or denial of the request. Requests may be to add or remove the end node, e.g., a mobile wireless terminal, from a particular group membership list identified in the request signal. The access node maintains a detailed list of group members and uses the information to control how signals, e.g., packets, are transmitted to the group members. Group membership information may be updated at the access node at the time of handoff and/or an end node enters the cell or otherwise changes its point of network attachment.

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  • QUALCOMM INCORPORATED;FLARION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Corson, Mathew Scott Gillette, US 20 621
O'Neill, Alan Henley Beach, AU 56 2405
Park, Vincent D Budd Lake, US 78 2143

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