Method and system for controlling the exchange of vehicle related messages
First Claim
1. A message portal for administering and controlling the exchange of vehicle-related messages between a remote location and a vehicle, comprising:
- a message receipt service for receiving messages sent from the remote location;
a broadcast scheduler for determining when each message received by said message receipt service should be broadcast to a vehicle;
a priority queue device for determining the order in which each message received by said message receipt service should be broadcasted to the vehicle;
a dispatcher device for controlling when messages, stored in the priority queue, may leave the priority queue; and
an encoding device for encoding messages that have left said priority queue and broadcasting the encoded message to the vehicle.
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Abstract
The present invention comprises a message portal for administering and controlling the exchange of vehicle-related messages between a remote location and a vehicle and a method thereof. In one embodiment, the message portal receives a message from the remote location and determines when the message should be broadcast to a vehicle. The priority of the message is determined by several variables—all which may be updated and/or customized by a user through a user interface. The message portal and method can also automatically relay a vehicle fault message to a remote location, which then analyzes the fault and sends a response message back to the driver.
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1. A message portal for administering and controlling the exchange of vehicle-related messages between a remote location and a vehicle, comprising:
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a message receipt service for receiving messages sent from the remote location;
a broadcast scheduler for determining when each message received by said message receipt service should be broadcast to a vehicle;
a priority queue device for determining the order in which each message received by said message receipt service should be broadcasted to the vehicle;
a dispatcher device for controlling when messages, stored in the priority queue, may leave the priority queue; and
an encoding device for encoding messages that have left said priority queue and broadcasting the encoded message to the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for administering and controlling the exchange of messages between a vehicle and a remote location having a message portal, comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving a fault message from a vehicle, the fault message relating to a problem detected by the vehicle;
(b) forwarding the fault message received in said step (a) to a publish/subscribe service that publishes the fault message, allowing the remote location to analyze the fault message and generate a response message;
(c) receiving the response message generated in said step (b);
(d) broadcasting the response message received in said step (c) to the vehicle that the message portal received the fault message from in said step (a); and
(e) displaying the response message to the driver. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A method for administering and controlling the exchange of messages between a remote location and a vehicle, comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving messages from the remote location;
(b) determining when each message received in said step (a) should be broadcast to a vehicle;
(c) prioritizing each of the messages according to the determination in said step (b);
(d) converting the messages into a format readable by the vehicle; and
(e) broadcasting each message converted in said step (d) to the vehicle according to the priority set in said step (c). - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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