SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTHENTICATING MOBILE DEVICES AT AN INCIDENT VIA COLLABORATION

摘要

A mobile device collaboration method includes provisioning a first mobile device with unique user identification related to a role and skill set of an associated user of the first mobile device (31), detecting a second mobile device responsive to a condition (in particular the inability to connect to a first network) at the first mobile device (32), communicating the unique user identification to the second mobile device (33), authenticating the first mobile device through the second mobile device communicating the unique user identification to an external database (34), and providing access for the first mobile device through the second mobile device if the authenticating is successful (34). Useful in an emergency situation for providing network communications to a first mobile device of a medically qualified person etc. via a public safety network, such as private or land mobile radio, to which a second mobile device is connected.