Ground system for vehicle data distribution
First Claim
1. A ground-based communications system for distributing information to a vehicle, the system comprising:
- a plurality of access networks, each of which is fixedly disposed at a different location and supports respective one or more wireless communication channels for communicating with an on-board data distribution device fixedly connected to the vehicle while the vehicle is en route between an origination point and a destination point; and
a plurality of computing devices including communicative connections to the plurality of access networks and communicative connections to a set of port networks, each port network included in the set of port networks being fixedly disposed at a different port at which vehicles arrive and from which vehicles depart, and the plurality of computing devices configured to;
receive data at a first computing device from a second computing device in communicative connection over a private network with the first computing device,the first computing device corresponding to a location at which the vehicle is predicted to arrive, the location at which the vehicle is predicted to arrive being a predicted location, andat least one of the data or the predicted location determined based on information received at the second computing device from the vehicle via at least one access network of the plurality of access networks while the vehicle is en route between the origination point and the destination point; and
transmit, by the first computing device using a wireless communication channel of a particular network disposed at the predicted location, the received data to the on-board data distribution device fixedly connected to the vehicle upon arrival of the vehicle at the particular location.
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Abstract
Techniques for delivering data or information to a vehicle include a method of distributing information to a vehicle. Information corresponding to the vehicle is first received while the vehicle is en route between an origination point and a destination from a computing device that is not being transported by the vehicle. A first computing device or a second computing device determines a destination port at which the vehicle is to arrive, the destination port included in a plurality of ports at which vehicles arrive and from which vehicles depart. The first computing devices causes data to be routed to a third computing device communicatively connected to the first computing device, the third computing device corresponding to the destination port, and at least one of the data or the third party computing device determined based on the information received at the first computing device.
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20 Claims
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1. A ground-based communications system for distributing information to a vehicle, the system comprising:
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a plurality of access networks, each of which is fixedly disposed at a different location and supports respective one or more wireless communication channels for communicating with an on-board data distribution device fixedly connected to the vehicle while the vehicle is en route between an origination point and a destination point; and a plurality of computing devices including communicative connections to the plurality of access networks and communicative connections to a set of port networks, each port network included in the set of port networks being fixedly disposed at a different port at which vehicles arrive and from which vehicles depart, and the plurality of computing devices configured to; receive data at a first computing device from a second computing device in communicative connection over a private network with the first computing device, the first computing device corresponding to a location at which the vehicle is predicted to arrive, the location at which the vehicle is predicted to arrive being a predicted location, and at least one of the data or the predicted location determined based on information received at the second computing device from the vehicle via at least one access network of the plurality of access networks while the vehicle is en route between the origination point and the destination point; and transmit, by the first computing device using a wireless communication channel of a particular network disposed at the predicted location, the received data to the on-board data distribution device fixedly connected to the vehicle upon arrival of the vehicle at the particular location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system of computing devices for distributing information to a vehicle, the system comprising:
a ground-based communications network having (i) communicative connections to a plurality of access networks, each of which is fixedly disposed at a different location and supports respective one or more wireless communication channels for communicating with an on-board data distribution device that is fixedly connected to the vehicle while the vehicle is in transit, and (ii) communicative connections to a set of port networks disposed at respective, different ports at which vehicles arrive and from which vehicles depart, the ground-based communications network configured to; receive, from the vehicle via at least one access network of the plurality of access networks while the vehicle is en route between an origination point and a destination point, information corresponding to the vehicle; determine, based upon the received information corresponding to the vehicle, at least one of particular data that is to be delivered to the on-board data distribution device that is fixedly connected to the vehicle or a location at which the vehicle is predicted to arrive, the location at which the vehicle is predicted to arrive being a predicted location; and transmit, via a wireless communication channel of a particular network disposed at the predicted location, the particular data to the on-board data distribution device fixedly connected to the vehicle upon arrival of the vehicle at the particular location. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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