Apparatus and method for data communication between vehicle and remote data communication terminal
DCFirst Claim
1. A vehicle data communication apparatus comprising:
- at least one electronic subsystem associated with a vehicle and related to the operation of the vehicle;
a plurality of electrical conductors connected to the at least one electronic subsystem and associated with the vehicle;
a connector connected to said plurality of electrical conductors and positioned in the vehicle;
vehicle data communications protocol converting means connected to said plurality of electrical conductors for converting a first data communications protocol associated with data communications along the plurality of electrical conductors to a second data communications protocol;
a first transceiver associated with said connector and connected to said vehicle data communications protocol converting means for transmitting and receiving the second data communications protocol; and
a remote data communications terminal including a second transceiver for transmitting the second data communications protocol to said first transceiver and receiving the second data communications protocol from said first transceiver.
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Abstract
An apparatus and methods are provided for data communications associated with a heavy duty vehicle. The apparatus preferably includes at least one electronic subsystem associated with the heavy duty vehicle and a plurality of electrical conductors connected to the at least one electronic subsystem and associated with the heavy duty vehicle. A vehicle data communications protocol converter is preferably connected to the plurality of electrical conductors for converting a first data communications protocol associated with data communications along the plurality of electrical conductors to a second data communications protocol such as an infrared or an RF data communications protocol. The apparatus also preferably includes a transceiver connected to the data communications protocol converter for transmitting the second data communications protocol from the heavy duty vehicle and receiving the data communications protocol from a remote data communications terminal.
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33 Claims
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1. A vehicle data communication apparatus comprising:
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at least one electronic subsystem associated with a vehicle and related to the operation of the vehicle;
a plurality of electrical conductors connected to the at least one electronic subsystem and associated with the vehicle;
a connector connected to said plurality of electrical conductors and positioned in the vehicle;
vehicle data communications protocol converting means connected to said plurality of electrical conductors for converting a first data communications protocol associated with data communications along the plurality of electrical conductors to a second data communications protocol;
a first transceiver associated with said connector and connected to said vehicle data communications protocol converting means for transmitting and receiving the second data communications protocol; and
a remote data communications terminal including a second transceiver for transmitting the second data communications protocol to said first transceiver and receiving the second data communications protocol from said first transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus for data communications associated with a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of electrical conductors associated with the vehicle;
a vehicle data communications protocol converter connected to said plurality of electrical conductors to convert a first data communications protocol associated with data communications along the plurality of electrical conductors to a second data communications protocol; and
a transceiver connected to said vehicle data communications protocol converter to transmit the second data communications protocol from the vehicle and to receive the second data communications protocol from a remote data communications terminal not connected to the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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13. An apparatus as defined in 12, further claim comprising a transceiver housing detachably connected to said connector, and wherein said transceiver is positioned within said transceiver housing.
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24. A method of data communications associated with a vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:
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converting a first vehicle data communications protocol associated with data communications along a plurality of electrical conductors associated with a vehicle to a second data communications protocol; and
transmitting the second data communications protocol from a vehicle to a remote data communications terminal not connected to the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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