Method and System for Transmitting Data

• US 20100305808A1
• Filed: 12/17/2008
• Published: 12/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH (Continental AG)
• Original Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH (Continental AG)
• Inventors: Littwin, Jürgen
• Application Number:
  US12/808,545
• Publication Number:
  US 20100305808A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/33
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C

Abstract

A method and system for transmitting data via a transmission pathway between a tachograph, which is disposed in a vehicle, and a data processing facility, which is at a distance from the vehicle. Data is transmitted wirelessly via at least a partial section of the transmission pathway and the tachograph is connected to a GSM module and/or a module for wireless data transmission The method includes producing a connection for wireless transmission between the GSM module and/or the module for wireless data transmission and the data processing facility, instructing the tachograph by the data processing facility to receive specific data; authentically the data processing facility and/or the tachograph transmitting specific data to the tachograph.

Claims

1-14. -14. (canceled)

15. A method for transmitting data via a transmission path having a wireless path portion between at least one tachograph arranged in a vehicle and a data processing installation, that is a distance from the vehicle, the method comprising:

establishing a connection for wireless data transmission between at least one of a GSM module and a module for wireless data transmission coupled to the tachograph and the data processing installation;

instructing the at least one tachograph by the data processing installation to receive specific data;

at least one of;

authenticate the data processing installation with the at least one tachograph, and

authenticate the at least one tachograph on the data processing installation; and

transmitting specific data from the data processing installation to the at least one tachograph.

16. The method as claimed in claim 15, further comprising storing the specific data by the tachograph.

17. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein the specific data transmits information, the method further comprising at least one of:

displaying at least a portion of the information by a menu control of the tachograph,

printing at least a portion of the information by a printer associated with the at least one tachograph, and

outputting at least a portion of the information by a voice output device associated with the tachograph.

18. The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein the information comprises at least telematic information.

19. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein the specific data comprises at least an update for a data processing program of the tachograph.

20. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein a plurality of tachographs are present, and the data processing installation communicates with each of the plural tachographs independently of one another.

21. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein the at least one of the GSM module and the module for wireless data transmission is arranged in a communication controller, and a communication controller is coupled to the tachograph by a further interface.

22. The method as claimed in claim 21, wherein the specific data is buffer-stored in the communication controller.

23. The method as claimed in claim 22, wherein the specific data comprises an update for a data processing program of the communication controller.

29. The method of claim 15, wherein the data is transmitted wirelessly at least via a subsection of the transmission path, and the tachograph is connected to at least one of a GSM module and a module for wireless data transmission.

24. A system for transmitting data via a transmission path a portion of the transmission path being a wireless path, comprising:

a data processing installation arranged outside of a vehicle; and

at least one tachograph, arranged in the vehicle comprising at least one of;

at least one associated GSM module configured for wireless data transmission with the data processing installation and

an associated module configured for wireless data transmission with the data processing installation,

wherein the data transmission between the data processing installation and the at least one of the GSM module and the module for wireless data transmission is wireless.

25. The system as claimed in claim 24, wherein the at least one of the at least one GSM module and the module for wireless data transmission is arranged in a communication controller connected to the at least one tachograph.

26. The system as claimed in one of claim 24, wherein the at least one tachograph comprises an associated apparatus for inherent localization.

27. The system as claimed in one of claim 24, wherein a plurality of tachographs are present.

28. The system as claimed in one of claim 24, wherein the system is configured to:

establish a connection for the wireless data transmission between the at least one of the at least one GSM module and the module for wireless data transmission and the data processing installation;

instruct the at least one tachograph by the data processing installation to receive specific data;

at least one of;

authenticate the data processing installation with the at least one tachograph, and

authenticate the at least one tachograph on the data processing installation; and

transmit the specific data from the data processing installation to the at least one tachograph.