COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD

• US 20100290443A1
• Filed: 09/03/2008
• Published: 11/18/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mobotix AG (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Mobotix AG (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Inventors: Gabel, Oliver
• Granted Patent: US 8,472,417 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/338
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for controlling communication between at least one stationary and at least one mobile, data-exchanging unit. In said method, a position of the mobile unit is determined, and communication is made possible in response thereto. According to the invention, a priority measure is determined in response to the determined position, and data can be transmitted from the mobile, data-exchanging unit according to the priority.

Claims

1. A method for controlling communication between at least one stationary unit and at least one mobile data-exchanging unit, wherein a position of the mobile unit is determined and communication is made possible in response thereto, characterized in that a priority measure is determined in response to the position determined and data can be transmitted from the mobile data-exchanging unit according to the priority.

2. The method as claimed in the preceding claim, characterized in that the data are transmitted with a limited transmission rate.

3. The method as claimed in one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the transmission takes place via bandwidth-limited channels.

4. The method as claimed in one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the mobile unit passes a multiplicity of stationary units and the stationary units communicate with a central processing unit.

5. The method as claimed in one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the mobile unit is arranged on a means of passenger transport and the several stationary units are arranged at stopping points.

6. The method as claimed in one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the mobile unit is arranged on a bus or a train.

7. The method as claimed in one of the preceding claims, characterized in that security vans, particularly armored cars, are provided as mobile units.

8. The method as claimed in one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the position determination is carried out in several stages.

9. The method as claimed in one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least one position determination is carried out in accordance with a method with increased protection against forgery.

10. The method as claimed in one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a position history is recorded, especially at least after a position determination failure.

11. The method as claimed in the preceding claim, characterized in that a satellite-based position determination method, particularly a position determination by means of GPS is carried out as position determination method with increased security.

12. The method as claimed in one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the prioritization of transmission comprises a determination of a transmission period or point in time and/or a transmission bandwidth.