Method and system for selectively communicating with mobile platforms
First Claim
1. Method for selectively communicating from a remote system to a subset of a plurality of vehicles, each vehicle equipped with a first wireless communications receiver and a second wireless communications device comprising:
- broadcasting a common message from the remote system to a plurality of vehicles that are shutdown and parked within a predefined geographic location, the common message including a communications channel designator, a selection parameter type, and parametric data corresponding to the selection parameter type;
receiving the common message at each vehicle via the respective first wireless communications receiver;
selecting a subset of the plurality of vehicles comprising activating the second wireless communications device within ones of the plurality of vehicles that have respective vehicle information matching the parametric data corresponding to the selection parameter type for communication with the remote system; and
communicating between the remote system and the respective second wireless communications device of each of the vehicles in the selected subset on a communications channel corresponding to the communications channel designator to transmit formatted electronic data therebetween.
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Abstract
There is provided a method for selectively communicating from a remote system to a subset of a plurality of vehicles. Each of the vehicles is equipped with a first wireless communications device and a second wireless communication device. The method comprises broadcasting a common message from the remote system to the vehicles via the first wireless communication device. A subset of the plurality of vehicles is selected based upon the common message. A communications link is established between the remote system and the second wireless communication device of each of the selected subset of vehicles to transmit formatted electronic data therebetween.
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13 Claims
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1. Method for selectively communicating from a remote system to a subset of a plurality of vehicles, each vehicle equipped with a first wireless communications receiver and a second wireless communications device comprising:
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broadcasting a common message from the remote system to a plurality of vehicles that are shutdown and parked within a predefined geographic location, the common message including a communications channel designator, a selection parameter type, and parametric data corresponding to the selection parameter type; receiving the common message at each vehicle via the respective first wireless communications receiver; selecting a subset of the plurality of vehicles comprising activating the second wireless communications device within ones of the plurality of vehicles that have respective vehicle information matching the parametric data corresponding to the selection parameter type for communication with the remote system; and communicating between the remote system and the respective second wireless communications device of each of the vehicles in the selected subset on a communications channel corresponding to the communications channel designator to transmit formatted electronic data therebetween. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system, comprising an electronic computing system adapted to selectively wirelessly communicate with a plurality of vehicles during a period when the vehicles are non-operating, comprising:
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the electronic computing system, signally connected to a wireless access point and a radio-frequency broadcast transmitter; the radio-frequency broadcast transmitter adapted to generate and transmit a common message to each of the vehicles; the electronic computing system adapted to establish a communications link via the wireless access point with a subset of the vehicles;
the subset of the vehicles having a selection parameter type and parametric data associated therewith which conform to the contents of the common message;wherein the common message is an electronic data stream comprising a header and a vehicle data field, wherein the header comprises;
a message identifier and a format descriptor for the vehicle data field, a designator for a communications channel for the wireless access point, a selection parameter type, and parametric data associated therewith.
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