System For and Method For Providing A Communication System

• US 20120022741A1
• Filed: 07/21/2010
• Published: 01/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Moore, Devin, Thompson, Wade
• Granted Patent: US 8,874,365 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/33
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/24 Transfer of terminal data

Abstract

A system for and method of establishing a communication link between mobile vehicles is presented. The method may include acquiring first information associated with a first mobile vehicle. The method may also include determining whether to update the first information associated with the first mobile vehicle. The method may further include transmitting, via a transceiver module, the first information associated with the first mobile vehicle based at least in part on the determination of not to update the first information associated with the first mobile vehicle.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

acquiring, via an information module or a GPS module at a first mobile vehicle, first information associated with the first mobile vehicle;

determining, via a processing module at the first mobile vehicle, whether to update the first information associated with the first mobile vehicle; and

transmitting, via a transceiver module at the first mobile vehicle, the first information associated with the first mobile vehicle based at least in part on the determination of not to update the first information associated with the first mobile vehicle.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first information associated with the first mobile vehicle comprise at least one of a position of the first mobile vehicle, a velocity of the first mobile vehicle, a direction of the first mobile vehicle, and an identification of the first mobile vehicle.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising acquiring updated first information associated with the first mobile vehicle based at least in part on the determination of updating the first information associated with the mobile vehicle.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the first information associated with the first mobile vehicle is via at least one of a transmission control protocol (TCP) or an Internet protocol (IP).

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising assigning a priority level associated with the first information associated with the first mobile vehicle.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein assigning a priority level associated with the first information associated with the first mobile vehicle is based at least in part on an identification of the first mobile vehicle.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the first information associated with the first mobile vehicle.

8. A method comprising:

receiving, via a transceiver module at a second mobile vehicle, first information associated with a first mobile vehicle;

determining, via a processing module at the second mobile vehicle, whether a communication link can be established with the first mobile vehicle based at least in part on the first information associated with the first mobile vehicle; and

establishing, via the transceiver module at the second mobile vehicle, the communication link to receive second information associated with the first mobile vehicle based at least in part on the determination that the communication link can be established with the first mobile vehicle.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the primary information associated with the first mobile vehicle comprise at least one of a position of the first mobile vehicle, a velocity of the first mobile vehicle, a direction of the first mobile vehicle, and an identification of the first mobile vehicle.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising determining a priority level of the first information associated with the first mobile vehicle based at least in part on the determination that the communication link cannot be established with the first mobile vehicle.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising transmitting the first information associated with the first mobile vehicle based at least in part on the determination that the first information associated with the first mobile vehicle include an emergency flag.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising adding the first information associated with the first mobile vehicle to first information associated with the second mobile vehicle.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising discarding the first information associated with the first mobile vehicle based at least in part on the determination that the first information associated with the first mobile vehicle does not include an emergency flag.

14. The method of claim 8, further comprising determining whether the communication link can be maintained.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein determining whether the communication link can be maintained comprises comparing updated first information associated with the first mobile vehicle with first, information associated with the second mobile vehicle.

16. The method of claim 8, wherein the second information associated with the first mobile vehicle comprise at least one of brake application, an emergency vehicle, turn signals, driving reverse, parked, lights on, and component malfunctions.

17. A method, comprising:

receiving, via a transceiver module, a request for second information associated with a first mobile vehicle based at least in part on a transmission of first information associated with the first mobile vehicle;

acquiring, via an information module, the second information associated with the first mobile vehicle;

determining, via a processing module, whether to update the second information associated with the first mobile vehicle; and

transmitting, via the transceiver module, the second information associated with the first mobile vehicle based at least in part on the determination of not to update the second information associated with the first mobile vehicle.

18. A system, comprising:

a GPS module configured to acquire first information associated with a first mobile vehicle;

a processing module configured to determine whether to update the first information associated with the first mobile vehicle; and

a transceiver module configured to transmit the first information associated with the first mobile vehicle based at least in part on the determination of not to update the first information associated with the first mobile vehicle.

19. The system of claim 18, further comprising a database module configured to store the first information associated with the first mobile vehicle.

20. The system of claim 18, further comprising an information module configured to acquire second information associated with the first mobile vehicle.

21. The system of claim 18, further comprising a presentation module configured to display messages to users associated with the first mobile vehicle.

22. The system of claim 18, further comprising an encryption module configured to encrypt the first information association with the first mobile vehicle.