Vehicle to vehicle communications device and methods for recreational vehicles
First Claim
1. A mobile communication device supported by a vehicle, the mobile communication device including:
- a processor;
a communications module, the processor having instructions thereon to utilize the communications module to participate in a MESH network;
a GPS module operable to determine a global position of the GPS module; and
at least one of an audio output and a display output, the processor having instructions that when carried out by the processor cause the processor to;
receive at least one instance of location data authored by a system of at least another vehicle, the received at least one instance of location data describing a location of the at least another vehicle that authored the data, the at least one instance of location data being received via the MESH network;
generate an area of influence based in part on position data obtained from the GPS module, the area of influence defining a group of expected near-term locations of the mobile communication device supported by the vehicle;
compare the received at least one instance of location data to position data obtained from the GPS module, including comparing the received at least one instance of location data to the area of influence;
determine, based on the comparing, a level that is descriptive of a likelihood of interaction between the mobile communication device supported by the vehicle and the at least another vehicle, wherein determining the level of the likelihood of interaction based on the comparing comprises determining the level of the likelihood of interaction based on the comparing of the received at least one instance of location data to the area of influence; and
generate a signal to the at least one of the audio output and display output that is responsive to the determined level.
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Abstract
A mobile communication device and method of using, the device including a processor, a communications module for a MESH network; a GPS module to determine a global position; and at least one output. The processor receives at least one instance of location data authored by at least one system of one or more other vehicles. Each instance of location data received via the MESH network describing a location of said other vehicle that authored the data. The processor comparing received location data to position data obtained from the GPS module; determining, based on the comparing, a level that is descriptive of a likelihood of interaction between the mobile communication device and the one or more other vehicles; and generating a signal to the at least one of the audio output and display output that is responsive to the determined level.
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35 Claims
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1. A mobile communication device supported by a vehicle, the mobile communication device including:
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a processor; a communications module, the processor having instructions thereon to utilize the communications module to participate in a MESH network; a GPS module operable to determine a global position of the GPS module; and at least one of an audio output and a display output, the processor having instructions that when carried out by the processor cause the processor to; receive at least one instance of location data authored by a system of at least another vehicle, the received at least one instance of location data describing a location of the at least another vehicle that authored the data, the at least one instance of location data being received via the MESH network; generate an area of influence based in part on position data obtained from the GPS module, the area of influence defining a group of expected near-term locations of the mobile communication device supported by the vehicle; compare the received at least one instance of location data to position data obtained from the GPS module, including comparing the received at least one instance of location data to the area of influence; determine, based on the comparing, a level that is descriptive of a likelihood of interaction between the mobile communication device supported by the vehicle and the at least another vehicle, wherein determining the level of the likelihood of interaction based on the comparing comprises determining the level of the likelihood of interaction based on the comparing of the received at least one instance of location data to the area of influence; and generate a signal to the at least one of the audio output and display output that is responsive to the determined level. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of operating a MESH communications network, the method including:
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providing a mobile communications device supported by a vehicle, the mobile communications device having a processor, a communications module operable to communicate via a MESH network, a GPS module operable to determine a global position of the GPS module, and at least one of an audio output and a display output; receiving at least one instance of location data authored by a system of at least another vehicle, the received at least one instance of location data describing a location of the at least another vehicle that authored the data, the at least one instance of location data being received via the MESH network; generating an area of influence based in part on position data obtained from the GPS module, the area of influence defining a group of expected near-term locations of the mobile communication device supported by the vehicle; comparing the received at least one instance of location data to position data obtained from the GPS module, including comparing the received at least one instance of location data to the area of influence; determining, based on the comparing, a level that is descriptive of a likelihood of interaction between the mobile communication device supported by the vehicle and the at least another vehicle, wherein determining the level of the likelihood of interaction based on the comparing comprises determining the level of the likelihood of interaction based on the comparing of the received at least one instance of location data to the area of influence; and generating a signal to the at least one of the audio output and display output that is responsive to the determined level. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A non-transitive computer readable medium having instructions to be interpreted by a processor of a mobile communication device supported by a vehicle, the instructions when interpreted by the processor causing the processor to:
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receive at least one instance of location data authored by a system of at least another vehicle, the received at least one instance of location data describing a location of the at least another vehicle that authored the data, the at least one instance of location data being received via a MESH network; generate an area of influence based in part on position data obtained from a GPS module of the mobile communication device supported by the vehicle, the area of influence defining a group of expected near-term locations of the mobile communication device supported by the vehicle; compare the received at least one instance of location data to position data obtained from the GPS module, including comparing the received at least one instance of location data to the area of influence; determine, based on the comparing, a level that is descriptive of a likelihood of interaction between the mobile communication device supported by the vehicle and the at least another vehicle, wherein determining the level of the likelihood of interaction based on the comparing comprises determining the level of the likelihood of interaction based on the comparing of the received at least one instance of location data to the area of influence; and generate a signal to at least one of an audio output and a display output of the mobile communication device supported by the vehicle that is responsive to the determined level. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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