Systems and methods for radio access interfaces

• US 10,219,117 B2
• Filed: 02/10/2017
• Issued: 02/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CalAmp Corporation
• Original Assignee: CalAmp Corporation
• Inventors: Hergesheimer, Peter, Nornberg, Thomas M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Figueroa, Marisol
• Application Number:
  US15/430,400
• Publication Number:
  US 20180103355A1
• Time in Patent Office: 746 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0202 Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets constructional features of telephone transmitters or receivers, e.g. of speakers or microphones H04M1/03
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6075 adapted for handsfree use in a vehicle H04M1/6058 takes precedence; arrangements for holding telephones in a vehicle B60R11/0241
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/44 for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/48 for in-vehicle communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/042 Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user

Abstract

Systems and methods for radio access interfaces in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiments, a vehicle telematics device includes a processor, a communications device, and a memory, wherein the vehicle telematics device communicates with a mobile communications device using the communications device, wherein the mobile communications device is in communication with a remote server system via a mobile network connection, and wherein the vehicle telematics device provides data to the mobile communications device, where the data is to be transmitted to the remote server system, provides command data to the mobile communications device, where the command data instructs the mobile communication device to transmit the data to the remote server system using at least one communication protocol, and causes the mobile communications device to transmit the data to the remote server system using the at least one communication protocol based on the command data.

Claims

1. A vehicle telematics device, comprising:

a processor; and

a communications interface coupled to the processor;

a memory coupled to the processor;

wherein, in response to one or more instructions stored in the memory, the vehicle telematics device;

communicates with a mobile communications device by using the communications interface;

provides data to the mobile communications device to generate provided data, where the provided data is to be transmitted to the remote server system; and

provides command data to the mobile communications device, wherein the command data instructs the mobile communication device to;

process the provided data to generate formatted data based on the command data;

wait for the remote server system to be available to the mobile communications device; and

transmit the formatted data to the remote server system by using at least one communication protocol based on the command data.

2. The vehicle telematics device of claim 1, wherein the mobile communications device comprises a smart phone.

3. The vehicle telematics device of claim 2, wherein:

the smart phone comprises an application executing within an operating system installed on the smart phone;

the application provides access to a file system provided by the operating system; and

the application provides access to cellular data services via the operating system.

4. The vehicle telematics device of claim 1, wherein the mobile communications device is integrated into a vehicle.

5. The vehicle telematics device of claim 4, wherein:

the mobile communications device is accessible via a vehicle data bus installed in the vehicle;

the vehicle telematics device is coupled to a diagnostic port within the vehicle, wherein the diagnostic port provides access to the vehicle data bus; and

the vehicle telematics device communicates with the mobile communications device by using the vehicle data bus.

6. The vehicle telematics device of claim 1, wherein the communications interface comprises a Bluetooth radio.

7. The vehicle telematics device of claim 1, wherein the communications interface comprises a wired connection.

8. The vehicle telematics device of claim 1, wherein the communications interface comprises a wireless network access device.

9. The vehicle telematics device of claim 1, wherein the command data further comprises metadata describing when the mobile communications device is to transmit the data to the remote server system.

10. A method for transmitting data by using a radio access interface, the method comprising:

providing data from a vehicle telematics device to a mobile communications device to generate provided data, wherein the vehicle telematics device includes a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and a communications interface coupled to the processor, wherein the vehicle telematics device communicates with the mobile communications device via the communications interface; and

providing command data from the vehicle telematics device to the mobile communications device, wherein the command data instructs the mobile communication device to;

process the provided data to generate formatted data based on the command data;

wait for the remote server system to be available to the mobile communications device; and

transmit the formatted data to the remote server system by using at least one communication protocol based on the command data.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the mobile communications device comprises a smart phone.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein:

the smart phone comprises an application executing within an operating system installed on the smart phone;

the application provides access to a file system provided by the operating system; and

the application provides access to cellular data services via the operating system.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the mobile communications device is integrated into a vehicle.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein:

the mobile communications device is accessible via a vehicle data bus installed in the vehicle;

the vehicle telematics device is coupled to a diagnostic port within the vehicle, wherein the diagnostic port provides access to the vehicle data bus; and

the vehicle telematics device communicates with the mobile communications device by using the vehicle data bus.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the communications interface comprises a Bluetooth radio.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the communications interface comprises a wired connection.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein the communications interface comprises a wireless network access device.

18. The method of claim 10, wherein the command data further comprises metadata describing when the mobile communications device is to transmit the data to the remote server system.