Method for data communication between a vehicle and a remote terminal
First Claim
1. A system for data communication associated with a vehicle, said system comprising:
- a first data communications apparatus associated with the vehicle;
a second data communications apparatus associated with the vehicle;
at least one electrical conductor operatively interconnecting said first and second data communications apparatuses, said at least one electrical conductor comprising a data bus for transmitting data between said first and second data communications apparatuses;
a first data communications protocol adapted for transmitting vehicle data along said data bus;
means for converting said first data communications protocol to a second data communications protocol, said second data communications protocol adapted for transmitting vehicle data from said data bus to a remote data communications terminal.
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Abstract
An apparatus and methods are provided for data communications associated with a vehicle. The apparatus preferably includes at least one electronic subsystem associated with the vehicle and a plurality of electrical conductors connected to the at least one electronic subsystem and associated with the 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 a local-area 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 vehicle and receiving the data communications protocol from a remote data communications terminal or another portion of the vehicle.
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17 Claims
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1. A system for data communication associated with a vehicle, said system comprising:
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a first data communications apparatus associated with the vehicle; a second data communications apparatus associated with the vehicle; at least one electrical conductor operatively interconnecting said first and second data communications apparatuses, said at least one electrical conductor comprising a data bus for transmitting data between said first and second data communications apparatuses; a first data communications protocol adapted for transmitting vehicle data along said data bus; means for converting said first data communications protocol to a second data communications protocol, said second data communications protocol adapted for transmitting vehicle data from said data bus to a remote data communications terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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