System and method for communicating between an automobile computer and a remote computer via a short range, high bandwidth communication link

• US 20030053433A1
• Filed: 09/19/2001
• Published: 03/20/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Chun, Anthony L.
• Application Number:
  US09/957,089
• Publication Number:
  US 20030053433A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/338
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/10 Small scale networks; Flat hierarchical networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

A system and method for communicating between a vehicle data unit, such as a car computer, and a remote data unit, such as a home personal computer, commercial server, or another vehicle data unit, via a short range, high bandwidth communication link, such as via a wireless local area network (WLAN).

Claims

1. A system to communicate, the system comprising:

a first data unit of a first vehicle; and

a second data unit;

wherein

said first data unit is capable of communicating with said second data unit via a communication link; and

said communication link includes a local area network.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the communication link is via wireless transmission.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the wireless transmission utilizes a wireless local area network (WLAN) protocol.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the communication link is a wired connection.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the wired connection utilizes a local area network (LAN) protocol.

6. The system of claim 3, wherein the first data unit is a vehicle stereo system.

7. The system of claim 3, wherein the first data unit is a first computer.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the first computer is a vehicle computer.

9. The system of claim 3, wherein the second data unit is a personal data assistant (PDA).

10. The system of claim 3, wherein the second data unit is of a second vehicle.

11. The system of claim 3, wherein the second data unit is a second computer.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the second computer is a personal computer.

13. The system of claim 3, wherein the second data unit is a commercial data unit.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the commercial data unit is a toll booth computer system.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the commercial data unit is a gasoline filling station computer system.

16. A method to communicate, the method comprising:

communicating by a first data unit of a first vehicle with a second data unit via a communication link; and

utilizing for said communication link a local area network.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the communication link is via wireless transmission.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the wireless transmission utilizes a wireless local area network (WLAN) protocol.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the communication link is a wired connection.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the wired connection utilizes a local area network (LAN) protocol.

21. The method of claim 18, wherein the first data unit is a vehicle stereo system.

22. The method of claim 18, wherein the first data unit is a first computer.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the first computer is a vehicle computer.

24. The method of claim 18, wherein the second data unit is a personal data assistant (PDA).

25. The method of claim 18, wherein the second data unit is of a second vehicle.

26. The method of claim 18, wherein the second data unit is a second computer.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the second computer is a personal computer.

28. The method of claim 18, wherein the second data unit is a commercial computer server.

30. The method of claim 17, wherein the communication link utilizes a wireless local area network (WLAN) protocol.

29. A set of instructions residing in a storage medium, said set of instructions capable of being executed by a processor to communicate comprising:

communicating by a first data unit of a first vehicle with a second data unit via a communication link; and

utilizing for said communication link a local area network.