Vehicle Gateway Module Configured to Provide Wireless Hotspot
AssigneeLear Corporation
InventorsThomas M. O'Brien, Jason G. Bauman, Gerard L. Grabowski, Stephen M. Humphrey
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Abstract
A vehicle gateway module is configured to communicate over vehicle networks connected to the gateway module with vehicle devices connected to the vehicle networks. The gateway module has a cellular data link which provides a direct connection from the gateway module to the Internet and a wireless data link which provides a direct connection from the gateway module to an area within the vehicle whereby the cellular data link in conjunction with the wireless data link establish an Internet hotspot for a mobile device within the vehicle.
Claims20
A system for a vehicle comprising:
- a gateway module configured to communicate over vehicle networks connected to the gateway module with vehicle devices connected to the vehicle networks, the gateway module having a cellular data link which provides a direct connection from the gateway module to the Internet and a wireless data link which provides a direct connection from the gateway module to an area within the vehicle whereby the cellular data link in conjunction with the wireless data link establish an Internet hotspot for a mobile device within the vehicle.
A method for a vehicle comprising:
- providing a gateway module configured to communicate over vehicle networks connected to the gateway module with vehicle devices connected to the vehicle networks;
- and
- establishing an Internet hotspot within the vehicle for use by a mobile device within the vehicle by providing a cellular data link from the gateway module to the Internet and a wireless data link from the gateway module to an area within the vehicle.
A method for a vehicle comprising:
- providing a gateway module configured to communicate over vehicle networks connected to the gateway module with vehicle devices connected to the vehicle networks;
- and
- communicating between a remote entity connected to the Internet and a mobile device within the vehicle via a cellular data link of the gateway module and a wireless data link of the gateway module in which the cellular data link provides a direct connection from the gateway module to the Internet and the wireless link provides a direct connection from the gateway module to an area within the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.