DATA BRIDGE
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Abstract
A data bridge controls packet transfers between network fabrics forming a closed network, such as a vehicular network and a home network. The data bridge includes two or more sets of modules, each of which communicates with a different network fabric. When a packet is to be delivered between network fabrics, a first set of modules, which is used to communicate with a first network fabric, decides whether to accept the packet or discard it. If the packet is accepted, it is delivered to a second set of modules, which is used for communicating with a second network fabric. The second set of modules makes a second, independent decision about whether the packet will be sent to the second network fabric. Each set of modules can base its decision on packet content type, and may discard any packet not to be delivered to the other network.
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21 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. A vehicle data processing system comprising:
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a plurality of processing resources within a first vehicle; and a wireless communications interface within the first vehicle, wherein the plurality of processing resources and the wireless communications interface are configured to; determine that processing resource offloading of the first vehicle is desired; detect a proximately located second vehicle for possible processing resource offloading; wirelessly transmit a process resource offloading request to the second vehicle; wirelessly receive a process resource offloading response from the second vehicle; and wirelessly communicate with the second vehicle to receive process resource offloading services from the second vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 21)
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13. A method for vehicle data processing comprising:
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servicing data processing via a plurality of processing resources within a first vehicle; wirelessly communicating via a wireless communications interface within the first vehicle; determining that processing resource offloading of the first vehicle is desired; detecting a proximately located second vehicle for possible processing resource offloading; wirelessly transmitting a process resource offloading request to the second vehicle via the wireless communications interface; wirelessly receiving a process resource offloading response from the second vehicle via the wireless communications interface; and wirelessly communicating with the second vehicle to receive process resource offloading services from the second vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A vehicle data processing system comprising:
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a plurality of processing resources within a vehicle; and a wireless communications interface within the first vehicle, wherein the plurality of processing resources and the wireless communications interface are configured to; determine that processing resource offloading of the vehicle is desired; detect an external wireless network for possible processing resource offloading; wirelessly transmitting a process resource offloading request via the external wireless network; wirelessly receiving a process resource offloading response from the external wireless network; and wirelessly communicating with the external wireless network to receive process resource offloading services from a servicing device via the external wireless network.
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