System, apparatus and methods for data communication between vehicle and remote data communication terminal, between portions of vehicle and other portions of vehicle, between two or more vehicles, and between vehicle and communications network
First Claim
1. A vehicle comprising:
- a data communications apparatus for communicating data to and from said vehicle, said data communications apparatus comprising;
a plurality of electrical conductors associated with said vehicle;
a vehicle data communications protocol converter connected to said plurality of electrical conductors to convert a first data communications protocol associated with data communications along the plurality of electrical conductors to a second data communications protocol; and
means connected to said vehicle data communications protocol converter for transmitting the second data communications protocol from said vehicle, and for receiving the second data communications protocol from a remote data communications terminal.
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Abstract
A system, an apparatus, and methods are provided for data communications associated with a vehicle. The apparatus preferably includes at least one electronic subsystem associated with the vehicle and a plurality of electrical conductors connected to the at least one electronic subsystem and associated with the vehicle. A vehicle data communications protocol converter is preferably connected to the plurality of electrical conductors for converting a first data communications protocol associated with data communications along the plurality of electrical conductors to a second data communications protocol such as an infrared, an RF data, an Internet, or other network communications protocol. The apparatus also preferably includes a transceiver connected to the data communications protocol converter for transmitting the second data communications protocol from the vehicle and receiving the data communications protocol from another portion of the vehicle, a remote data communications terminal, another vehicle, or another communications network.
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3 Claims
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1. A vehicle comprising:
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a data communications apparatus for communicating data to and from said vehicle, said data communications apparatus comprising;
a plurality of electrical conductors associated with said vehicle;
a vehicle data communications protocol converter connected to said plurality of electrical conductors to convert a first data communications protocol associated with data communications along the plurality of electrical conductors to a second data communications protocol; and
means connected to said vehicle data communications protocol converter for transmitting the second data communications protocol from said vehicle, and for receiving the second data communications protocol from a remote data communications terminal.
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2. An apparatus for data communications associated with a vehicle, said apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of electrical conductors adapted for association with the vehicle;
a vehicle data communications protocol converter connected to said plurality of electrical conductors to convert a first data communications protocol associated with data communications along the plurality of electrical conductors to a second data communications protocol; and
means connected to said vehicle data communications protocol converter for transmitting the second data communications protocol from the vehicle, and for receiving the second data communications protocol from a remote data communications terminal.
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3. A method of data communications associated with a vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a plurality of electrical conductors associated with a vehicle;
converting a first vehicle data communications protocol associated with data communications along the plurality of electrical conductors to a second data communications protocol; and
transmitting the second data communications protocol from the vehicle to a data communications terminal.
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