Mobile link selection method for establishing highly efficient communications between mobile devices

• US 20060052142A1
• Filed: 11/12/2002
• Published: 03/09/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gula Consulting Limited Liability Company (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Perdiso Company Limited Liability Company (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Herz, Frederick S. M., Smith, Jonathan M.
• Granted Patent: US 8,160,586 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/569.200
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/406 with more than one transmission mode, e.g. analog and digital modes

Abstract

The present invention provides a new solution to reliable communication between automobiles and other communications devices. It relies on multiple available wireless bands and the addition of significant memory buffering to automobiles. The memory buffering is used to enable a new communications model for messages that we call Mobile Message Memory Queues (M3Qs). A significant benefit of the disclosed invention is the ease in which it can be incorporated into an automobile.

Claims

1. A communications system for use in an automobile which consists of a memory device operatively coupled to a multiband transceiver, which carries out the steps of

a. receiving information from a human-computer interface in the automobile

b. storing the information as a message in the memory device

c. selecting a link from a plurality of links to transmit the message

d. passing the information from the memory device to the multiband transceiver for transmission

e. transmitting the message

2. A system as in claim 1, where the step of selecting a link results in temporary failure, and the message is retained until a link selection is possible

6. A communications system for use in an automobile which consists of a memory device operatively coupled to a multiband transceiver, which combines the functions of claims 1 and 3.

7. A system as in claim 1, where the memory device is constructed of DRAM powered by an automobile battery

8. A system as in claim 7, where the memory device in addition consists of a persistent storage device such as a computer disk.

11. A system as in claim 6, where the memory device is constructed of a DRAM powered by an automobile battery

12. A system as in claim 11, where the memory device in addition consists of a persistent storage device such as a computer disk

13. A system as in claim 1, where the link types may include, but are not limited to:

satellite radio, analog radio, digital radio, AM, microwave radio, FM, infrared

15. A system as in claim 6, where the link types may include, but are not limited to:

satellite radio, analog radio, digital radio, AM, microwave radio, FM, infrared

16. A system as in claim 1, where the human-computer interface consists of a microphone, camera or manually-controlled device

3. A communications system for use in an automobile which consists of a memory device operatively coupled to a multiband transceiver, which carries out the steps of:

a. selecting a link from a plurality of links from which to receive a message

b. receiving the message

c. passing the message from the multiband transceiver to the memory device

d. storing the message in the message-queuing memory device

e. transmitting the information from the message queue to a human-computer interface in the automobile

4. A system as in claim 3, where the step of selecting is prioritized based on similarity metrics, as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,754,938.

5. A system as in claim 3, where the step of selecting is carried out in advance, using prefetching techniques as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,754,938.

9. A system as in claim 3, where the memory device is constructed of DRAM powered by an automobile battery

10. A system as in claim 9, where the memory device in addition consists of a persistent storage device such as a computer disk.

14. A system as in claim 3, where the link types may include, but are not limited to:

satellite radio, analog radio, digital radio, AM, microwave radio, FM, infrared

17. A system as in claim 3, where the human-computer interface consists of a speaker, dashboard indicator, video display or mechanical means such as vibration