Method and system for a proxy vehicular intelligent transportation system station
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorsIan Christopher Dummond Doig, Stephen John Barrett, Nicholas Patrick Alfano, James Randolph Winter Lepp, Roland Emlyn Williams
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Abstract
A method at a computing device for the computing device to act as an intelligent transportation system (ITS) station for a vehicle, the method including detecting that the computing device is proximate to the vehicle; determining whether ITS messages are being sent on behalf of the vehicle; and if the determining finds ITS messages are not being sent on behalf of the vehicle, the computing device acting as the ITS station for the vehicle.
Claims20
A method at a computing device for the computing device to act as an intelligent transportation system (ITS) station for a vehicle, the method comprising:
- detecting that the computing device is proximate to the vehicle;
- determining whether ITS messages are being sent on behalf of the vehicle;
- and
- if the determining finds ITS messages are not being sent on behalf of the vehicle, the computing device acting as the ITS station for the vehicle.
A computing device configured to act as an intelligent transportation system (ITS) station for a vehicle, the computing device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a communications subsystem,
- wherein the computing device is configured to:
- detect that the computing device is proximate to the vehicle;
- determine whether ITS messages are being sent on behalf of the vehicle;
- and
- if the determining finds ITS messages are not being sent on behalf of the vehicle, the computing device being configured to act as the ITS station for the vehicle.
A computer readable medium for storing instruction code for a computing device to act as an intelligent transportation system (ITS) station for a vehicle, the instruction code, when executed by a processor of the computing device, causing the computing device to:
- detect that the computing device is proximate to the vehicle;
- determine whether ITS messages are being sent on behalf of the vehicle;
- and
- if the determining finds ITS messages are not being sent on behalf of the vehicle, the computing device being configured to act as the ITS station for the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.