Abstract:
A method, a system, and a network include combining communications from a plurality of subscribers providing a full-duplex communication channel therebetween; detecting noise on the full-duplex communication channel above a predetermined threshold; and selectively enabling a special half-duplex mode on one or more of the plurality of subscribers responsive to the noise, wherein the special half-duplex mode comprises a push-to-talk mode whereby a subscriber has to enable communications via push-to-talk while communicating on the full-duplex communication channel. The method, system, and network define a special half-duplex mode whereby participants are allowed to communicate via push-to-talk, but have their associated lines suppressed to remove noise from the full-duplex communication channel.
Abstract:
Smart handcuffs are provided herein as part of a personal-area-network (PAN) along with a method for operating the smart handcuffs and the PAN. During operation smart handcuffs will pair with a first PAN master device. An alarm will sound when no system identification (SSID) is detected by the handcuffs, when no SSID is detected by the handcuffs that matches SSIDs within an internal database, when the handcuffs have broken the pairing with the first PAN master device, and the handcuffs have not paired or are not pairing with a second PAN, or when the handcuffs have broken the pairing with the first PAN master device, and no update from the handcuffs has been received by the first master device that the handcuffs have paired or will pair with the second PAN.