Patent · US Expired

Transferring accumulated data from vehicles

US6278921A · kind A · utility

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36Claims
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Filing dateJun 9, 1999
Grant dateAug 21, 2001
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Expiry dateJun 9, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG08G1/127
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The transferring of accumulated data from a plurality of vehicles to a data processing station involves transmitting a first packet type request from each vehicle via an open radio channel in response to a predetermined operation. The predeterminedn operation may include the vehicle's ignition being turned off. The first packet type is detected at a receiving station if a transmitting vehicle is within the vicinity of the receiving station. The receiving station transmits an instruction for data in the form of a second packet type upon detecting a first packet type. Thereafter, a portion of the accumulated data is transmitted from a detected vehicle in response to instructions generated by the receiving station.

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