Mobile link selection method for establishing highly efficient communications between mobile devices
First Claim
1. A method of communicating messages from a vehicle using a communications device comprising a memory device operatively coupled to a multi-band transceiver adapted to communicate over a plurality of types of communication links available thereto including at least two of satellite radio, analog radio, digital radio, AM, microwave radio, FM, and/or infrared transmission channels, comprising the steps of:
- receiving information from an occupant of the vehicle via a human-computer interface in the vehicle;
storing the information as a message in the memory device;
gathering link status information regarding each of the plurality of types of communication links available to the multi-band transceiver for connecting the communications device to a destination under current transmission conditions including any movement of the vehicle into and out of range of other wireless communications devices;
selecting a type of communication link most capable of completing sending of the message to said destination while the communications device and the destination are in communication range of each other under current transmission conditions based on programmable criteria including the size of the message to be transmitted, delays in the link, and how long the link is expected to last based on a rate of travel of the vehicle for said plurality of types of communication links available to the multi-band transceiver to transmit the message to said destination;
passing the information from the memory device to the multi-band transceiver for transmission; and
transmitting the message over a communication link of the selected type of communication link to said destination.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a new solution to reliable communication between automobiles and other communications devices. It relies on multiple available wireless bands and the addition of significant memory buffering to automobiles. The memory buffering is used to enable a new communications model for messages that is referred to as Mobile Message Memory Queues (M3Qs). A significant benefit of the communication device is the ease in which it can be incorporated into an automobile.
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1. A method of communicating messages from a vehicle using a communications device comprising a memory device operatively coupled to a multi-band transceiver adapted to communicate over a plurality of types of communication links available thereto including at least two of satellite radio, analog radio, digital radio, AM, microwave radio, FM, and/or infrared transmission channels, comprising the steps of:
- receiving information from an occupant of the vehicle via a human-computer interface in the vehicle;
storing the information as a message in the memory device;
gathering link status information regarding each of the plurality of types of communication links available to the multi-band transceiver for connecting the communications device to a destination under current transmission conditions including any movement of the vehicle into and out of range of other wireless communications devices;
selecting a type of communication link most capable of completing sending of the message to said destination while the communications device and the destination are in communication range of each other under current transmission conditions based on programmable criteria including the size of the message to be transmitted, delays in the link, and how long the link is expected to last based on a rate of travel of the vehicle for said plurality of types of communication links available to the multi-band transceiver to transmit the message to said destination;
passing the information from the memory device to the multi-band transceiver for transmission; and
transmitting the message over a communication link of the selected type of communication link to said destination. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
- receiving information from an occupant of the vehicle via a human-computer interface in the vehicle;
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4. A method of communicating messages to a vehicle using a communications device in the vehicle comprising a memory device operatively coupled to a multi-band transceiver adapted to communicate over a plurality of types of communication links available thereto including at least two of satellite radio, analog radio, digital radio, AM, microwave radio, FM, and/or infrared transmission channels, comprising the steps of:
- gathering link status information regarding each of the plurality of types of communication links available to the multi-band transceiver for connecting the communications device to a source of messages under current transmission conditions including any movement of the vehicle into and out of range of other wireless communications devices;
selecting a type of communication link most capable of completing sending of the message to the communications device in the vehicle from the source of messages while the communications device and the source of messages are in communication range of each other under current transmission conditions based on programmable criteria including the size of the message to be transmitted, delays in the link, and how long the link is expected to last based on a rate of travel of the vehicle for said plurality of types of communication links from which to receive a message from said source of messages;
receiving the message from the source of messages over a communication link of the selected type of communication link at the multi-band transceiver;
passing the message from the multi-band transceiver to the memory device;
storing the message in the memory device; and
transmitting information from the message to a human-computer interface in the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7)
- gathering link status information regarding each of the plurality of types of communication links available to the multi-band transceiver for connecting the communications device to a source of messages under current transmission conditions including any movement of the vehicle into and out of range of other wireless communications devices;
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8. A communications system for communicating messages to/from a vehicle, comprising:
- a human-computer interface in the vehicle that accepts information from an occupant of the vehicle for transmission and presents to the occupant received information from said communications system;
a memory device connected to the human-computer interface so as to store the information provided from the occupant as a message and received information to be presented to the occupant; and
a multi-band transceiver connected to said memory device and adapted to communicate over a plurality of types of communication links available thereto including at least two of satellite radio, analog radio, digital radio, AM, microwave radio, FM, and/or infrared transmission channels to a source or destination, said multi-band transceiver including a link selector that gathers link status information regarding each of a plurality of types of communication links available to the multi-band transceiver under current conditions including any movement of the vehicle into and out of range of other wireless communications devices, wherein for transmission said multi-band transceiver selects a type of communication link most capable of completing sending of the message to said destination while the transceiver and the destination are in communication range of each other under current transmission conditions based on programmable criteria including the size of the message to be transmitted, delays in the link, and how long the link is expected to last based on a rate of travel of the vehicle for said plurality of types of communication links available to the multi-band transceiver to transmit the message to said destination, and transmits the message over a selected communication link of the type of communication link, and wherein for reception said multi-band transceiver selects a type of communication link most capable of completing sending of the message to the transceiver in the vehicle from the source of messages while the transceiver and the source of messages are in communication range of each other under current transmission conditions based on said programmable criteria for said plurality of types of communication links from which to receive a message from the source of messages, and receives the message from a selected communication link of the type of communication link. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
- a human-computer interface in the vehicle that accepts information from an occupant of the vehicle for transmission and presents to the occupant received information from said communications system;
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