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. An apparatus for data communications associated with a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of electrical conductors associated with the vehicle, and adapted for connecting to an electronic subsystem of 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 the 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, wherein data received in the second data communications protocol is used to control the electronic subsystem of the vehicle.
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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. 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, and adapted for connecting to an electronic subsystem of 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 the 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, wherein data received in the second data communications protocol is used to control the electronic subsystem of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. 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, and adapted for connecting to an electronic subsystem of 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 to convert the second data communications protocol to the first data communications protocol; and a transceiver connected to the 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, wherein data received in the second data communications protocol is transmitted to the electronic subsystem of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. 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, and adapted for connecting to an electronic subsystem of 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 to convert the second data communications protocol to the first data communications protocol; and a transceiver connected to the 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, wherein data received in the second data communications protocol and converted to the first data communications protocol is used to control an the electronic subsystem of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for data communications associated with a vehicle, the method comprising:
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connecting a plurality of electrical conductors associated with an electronic subsystem of the vehicle to a vehicle data communications protocol converter to convert a first data communications protocol associated with data communications along the plurality of electrical conductors to a second data communications protocol; and connecting the vehicle data communications protocol converter to a transceiver 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, wherein data received in the second data communications protocol is used to control the electronic subsystem of the vehicle.
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