Ground system for vehicle data distribution
First Claim
1. A ground-based communications system for distributing information to a vehicle, comprising:
- a plurality of access networks, each of which is fixedly disposed at a different location and supports respective one or more wireless communication channels for communicating with an on-board data distribution device fixedly connected to the vehicle while the vehicle is en route between an origination point and a destination point; and
one or more computing devices including communicative connections to the plurality of access networks and communicative connections to a set of port networks, each port network included in the set of port networks being fixedly disposed at a different port at which vehicles arrive and from which vehicles depart, and the one or more computing devices configured to;
receive, from a computing device that is not being transported by the vehicle and that is not included in the ground-based communications system, information corresponding to the vehicle while the vehicle is en route between the origination point and the destination point;
receive, from the on-board data distribution device via one of the wireless communication channels while the vehicle is en route between the origination point and the destination point, data corresponding to a destination port at which the vehicle is predicted to arrive, the destination port included in the different ports at which vehicles arrive and from which vehicles depart;
determine, based upon the data received from the on-board data distribution device, the destination port at which the vehicle is predicted to arrive; and
route, via the communicative connections to the set of port networks, particular data to a particular port network for delivery of the particular data, via the particular port network upon arrival of the vehicle at the destination port, to the on-board data distribution device fixedly connected to the vehicle, the particular port network included in the set of port networks and fixedly disposed at the destination port at which the vehicle is predicted to arrive, and at least one of the particular data or the particular port network determined based on the information received from the computing device that is not being transported by the vehicle and that is not included in the ground-based communications system.
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Abstract
Techniques for delivering data or information to a vehicle include a method of distributing information to a vehicle. Information corresponding to the vehicle is first received while the vehicle is en route between an origination point and a destination from a computing device that is not being transported by the vehicle. A first computing device or a second computing device determines a destination port at which the vehicle is to arrive, the destination port included in a plurality of ports at which vehicles arrive and from which vehicles depart. The first computing devices causes data to be routed to a third computing device communicatively connected to the first computing device, the third computing device corresponding to the destination port, and at least one of the data or the third party computing device determined based on the information received at the first computing device.
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14 Claims
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1. A ground-based communications system for distributing information to a vehicle, comprising:
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a plurality of access networks, each of which is fixedly disposed at a different location and supports respective one or more wireless communication channels for communicating with an on-board data distribution device fixedly connected to the vehicle while the vehicle is en route between an origination point and a destination point; and one or more computing devices including communicative connections to the plurality of access networks and communicative connections to a set of port networks, each port network included in the set of port networks being fixedly disposed at a different port at which vehicles arrive and from which vehicles depart, and the one or more computing devices configured to; receive, from a computing device that is not being transported by the vehicle and that is not included in the ground-based communications system, information corresponding to the vehicle while the vehicle is en route between the origination point and the destination point; receive, from the on-board data distribution device via one of the wireless communication channels while the vehicle is en route between the origination point and the destination point, data corresponding to a destination port at which the vehicle is predicted to arrive, the destination port included in the different ports at which vehicles arrive and from which vehicles depart; determine, based upon the data received from the on-board data distribution device, the destination port at which the vehicle is predicted to arrive; and route, via the communicative connections to the set of port networks, particular data to a particular port network for delivery of the particular data, via the particular port network upon arrival of the vehicle at the destination port, to the on-board data distribution device fixedly connected to the vehicle, the particular port network included in the set of port networks and fixedly disposed at the destination port at which the vehicle is predicted to arrive, and at least one of the particular data or the particular port network determined based on the information received from the computing device that is not being transported by the vehicle and that is not included in the ground-based communications system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system of computing devices for distributing information to a vehicle, the system comprising:
a ground-based communications network having (i) communicative connections to a plurality of access networks, each of which supports respective one or more wireless communication channels for communicating with an on-board data distribution device that is fixedly connected to the vehicle, and (ii) communicative connections to a set of port networks disposed at respective, different ports at which vehicles arrive and from which vehicles depart, the ground-based communications network configured to; receive, from a computing device that is not being transported by the vehicle and that is excluded from the ground-based communications network, and while the vehicle is en route between an origination point and a destination point, information corresponding to the vehicle and determine, based on the received information, particular data that is to be delivered to the on-board data distribution device that is fixedly connected to the vehicle; receive, from the on-board data distribution device via a wireless communication channel included in the one or more wireless communication channels of a respective access network, and while the vehicle is en route between the origination point and the destination point, data indicative of a destination port at which the vehicle is predicted to arrive, the destination port included in the different ports at which vehicles arrive and from which vehicles depart; and cause the particular data to be routed to a particular port network disposed at the destination port so that the particular data is available for delivery, via the particular port network, to the on-board data distribution device upon arrival of the vehicle at the destination port. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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