METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS

• US 20150026360A1
• Filed: 07/22/2013
• Published: 01/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/22/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (General Motors Company)
• Original Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (General Motors Company)
• Inventors: Hrabak, Robert A.
• Application Number:
  US13/947,396
• Publication Number:
  US 20150026360A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/232
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/04 Network layer protocols, e.g. mobile IP [Internet Protocol]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

A system for communicating with a portable electronic device includes an electronic control module including operative logic when implemented. The electronic control module is in communication with the portable electronic device using a generic attribute profile (GATT). The system also includes a first portion of a GATT-based stack including logic for transforming GATT-based communications into a second communication protocol. The first portion of the GATT-based stack is configured for the electronic control module. The system also includes another electronic control module including operative logic when implemented. The other electronic control module is in communication with the electronic control module by the second communication protocol. The system further includes a second portion of the GATT-based stack including an application that communicates by a GATT-based profile. The second portion of the GATT-based stack is configured for the other electronic control module.

Claims

1. A system for communicating with a portable electronic device, the system comprising:

an electronic control module including operative logic when implemented, the electronic control module in communication with the portable electronic device using a generic attribute profile (GATT);

a first portion of a GATT-based stack including logic for transforming GATT-based communications into a second communication protocol, the first portion of the GATT-based stack configured for the electronic control module;

another electronic control module including operative logic when implemented, the other electronic control module in communication with the electronic control module by the second communication protocol; and

a second portion of the GATT-based stack including an application that communicates by a GATT-based profile, the second portion of the GATT-based stack configured for the other electronic control module.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the electronic control module and the other electronic control module are embedded in a vehicle.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the electronic control module is a telematics device.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the other electronic control module is a radio control module.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the GATT is implemented using Bluetooth Low Energy protocol.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the second communication protocol includes Bluetooth protocol.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the GATT-based communications are transformed into the second communication protocol by converting the GATT-based communications into a payload of a Wi Fi message.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the application of the second portion of the GATT-based profile receives the Wi Fi message and extracts the payload from the Wi Fi message.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the GATT-based communications are transformed into the second communication protocol by extracting a GATT payload from the GATT-based communications and pass the payload to a Wi Fi IP packet.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the application of the second portion of the GATT-based profile receives the Wi Fi IP packet and extracts the GATT payload from the Wi Fi IP packet.

11. The system of claim 1, further comprising an application embedded in the other electronic control module, the application configured to implement a function associated with the GATT-based communications.

12. A method for communicating with a portable electronic device, comprising:

receiving generic attribute profile (GATT)-based communications, by an electronic control module, from the portable electronic device, the portable electronic device using a generic attribute profile (GATT);

transforming, via a first portion of a GATT-based stack, the GATT-based communications into a second communication protocol, the first portion of the GATT-based stack configured for the electronic control module;

wherein another electronic control module includes operative logic when implemented, the other electronic control module in communication with the electronic control module by the second communication protocol; and

wherein a second portion of the GATT-based stack includes an application that communicates by a GATT-based profile, the second portion of the GATT-based stack configured for the other electronic control module.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the electronic control module and the other electronic control module are embedded in a vehicle.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the electronic control module is a telematics device.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the other electronic control module is a radio control module.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the GATT is implemented using Bluetooth Low Energy protocol.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the second communication protocol includes Bluetooth protocol.

18. The method of claim 12, wherein the GATT-based communications are transformed into the second communication protocol by converting the GATT-based communications into a payload of a Wi Fi message.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the application of the second portion of the GATT-based profile receives the Wi Fi message and extracts the payload from the Wi Fi message.

20. The method of claim 12, wherein the GATT-based communications are transformed into the second communication protocol by extracting a GATT payload from the GATT-based communications and pass the payload to a Wi Fi IP packet.