System, apparatus and methods for data communication between vehicle and remote data communication terminal, between portions of vehicle and other portions of vehicle, between two or more vehicles, and between vehicle and communications network
First Claim
1. In a vehicle comprising a data communications apparatus for communicating vehicle data to a remote data communications terminal, said vehicle data being selected from a group consisting of tire data, tire pressure data, engine temperature data, vehicle identification data, battery voltage data, and reefer data;
- said data communications apparatus comprising;
at least one electrical conductor associated with said vehicle;
means for converting a first data communications protocol associated with communications of vehicle data along the electrical conductor to a second data communications protocol; and
means for wirelessly transmitting said second data communications protocol to the remote data communications terminal.
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Abstract
A system, 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 an infrared, an RF data, an Internet, or other network 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 another portion of the vehicle, a remote data communications terminal, another vehicle, or another communications network.
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20 Claims
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1. In a vehicle comprising a data communications apparatus for communicating vehicle data to a remote data communications terminal, said vehicle data being selected from a group consisting of tire data, tire pressure data, engine temperature data, vehicle identification data, battery voltage data, and reefer data;
- said data communications apparatus comprising;
at least one electrical conductor associated with said vehicle; means for converting a first data communications protocol associated with communications of vehicle data along the electrical conductor to a second data communications protocol; and means for wirelessly transmitting said second data communications protocol to the remote data communications terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- said data communications apparatus comprising;
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9. A data communications system for communicating vehicle data to a remote data communications terminal, said vehicle data being selected from a group consisting of tire data, tire pressure data, engine temperature data, vehicle identification data, battery voltage data, and reefer data;
- said data communications system comprising;
at least one electrical conductor; means for converting a first data communications protocol associated with communications of vehicle data along said electrical conductor to a second data communications protocol; and means for transmitting said second data communications protocol to the remote data communications terminal. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
- said data communications system comprising;
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17. A method for communicating vehicle data to a remote data communications terminal, the vehicle data being selected from a group consisting of tire data, tire pressure data, engine temperature data, vehicle identification data, battery voltage data, and reefer data;
- the method comprising;
converting a first data communications protocol associated with communications of vehicle data to a second data communications protocol; and transmitting the second data communications protocol to the remote data communications terminal. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
- the method comprising;
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