METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING AND DISTRIBUTING DRIVING RELATED INFORMATION OR THE LIKE
First Claim
1. A method of collecting and distributing driving related information, comprising the steps of:
- a) Establishing in-vehicle communication between Information Collecting Device (ICD) and Information Transmitting Device (ITD) in vehicle;
b) Establishing in-vehicle communication between ITD and Information Presenting Device (IPD) in vehicle;
c) Establishing out-of-vehicle communication between ITD and Information Processing and Distributing Center (IPDC);
d) A plurality of vehicles transmitting driving related information to IPDC and receiving driving related information from IPDC through the in-vehicle and out-of-vehicle communication.
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Abstract
An apparatus which collects, processes and distributes driving related information and a method for controlling the apparatus. The apparatus uses non-dedicated commercial wireless network and non-dedicated terminal device of the network. The network and the terminal device are not made or not meant for transmitting driving related information primarily. The method for transmitting driving related information, comprising steps of a) establishing in-vehicle communication between the non-dedicated terminal device and information collecting device, plus between the non-dedicated terminal device and information presenting device; b) establishing out-of-vehicle communication between the terminal device and information processing and distributing center; c) allowing vehicles to transmit driving related information to the center and vice versa.
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6 Claims
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1. A method of collecting and distributing driving related information, comprising the steps of:
a) Establishing in-vehicle communication between Information Collecting Device (ICD) and Information Transmitting Device (ITD) in vehicle;
b) Establishing in-vehicle communication between ITD and Information Presenting Device (IPD) in vehicle;
c) Establishing out-of-vehicle communication between ITD and Information Processing and Distributing Center (IPDC);
d) A plurality of vehicles transmitting driving related information to IPDC and receiving driving related information from IPDC through the in-vehicle and out-of-vehicle communication.- View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. An apparatus for collecting and distributing driving related information, comprising:
a) Information Collecting Device (ICD) in vehicles collecting driving related information;
b) Information Transmitting Device (ITD), including cell phone, PDA or the like, in vehicles;
c) Information Processing and Distributing Center (IPDC) receiving, processing, and distributing driving related information from and to vehicles;
d) Information Presenting Device (IPD) in vehicles;
e) network connections between ICD to ITD, between ITD to IPD, and between ITD to IPDC.- View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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