METHOD AND APPARATUS UTILIZING DYNAMIC VISUAL CHARACTERS TO ADDRESS COMMUNICATIONS

摘要

A communication device provides voice communications addressed to destinations corresponding to relevant characters in a game (117) in play. The communication device (101) provides, for example, a transmitter (105) for transmitting calls when operably connected to a dispatch network (111), and a processor (107). The processor is configured to facilitate interfacing with a user to play a multi-player game, in play between players including a first player on the communication device (101) and one or more second players having communication devices (103). The processor (101) is configured to facilitate, responsive to a call request, communicating via the transmitter with one or more recipients of a call from the first player, including automatically determining, in accordance with information representing the relevant characters, the appropriate recipient or recipients of the call, and causing the transmitter (105) to call the recipient or recipients. According to one or more embodiments, the communication is made via a dispatch network (111) responsive, for example, to a dispatch request.