Communication and relay systems for vehicles
AssigneePolaris Industries Inc.
InventorsKevin M. Peizner, Samir P. Ouahhabi
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Abstract
Methods and systems are provided to facilitate information sharing between vehicles. A relay vehicle may be provided which is in communication with a first group of remote vehicles over a first network and a second group of remote vehicles over a second network.
Claims20
A method of communicating relayed information from a vehicle to a network of vehicles, the method comprising:
- receiving a first signal including relay vehicle transmission data associated with a relay vehicle and remote vehicle transmission data associated with a remote vehicle, the remote vehicle transmission data being provided to a first communication platform of the relay vehicle via a first network, the remote vehicle transmission data including a remote vehicle first network identifier, the remote vehicle transmission data being provided to a second communication platform of the relay vehicle, the second communication platform in communication with a second network, the second network receiving the first signal;
- associating the remote vehicle transmission data with a remote vehicle second network identifier;
- associating the relay vehicle transmission data with a relay vehicle identifier;
- and transmitting the remote vehicle transmission data and the relay vehicle transmission data to a network of vehicles.
A server system for communicating relayed information to a network of vehicles, comprising:
- a communication interface configured to receive, from a relay vehicle over a second network, remote vehicle transmission data associated with a remote vehicle of a first network and relay vehicle transmission data associated with the relay vehicle;
- a database configured to store vehicle profiles including remote vehicle second network identifiers and relay vehicle identifiers;
- and
- a controller operably coupled to the communication interface and the database, the controller configured to:
- determine whether the remote vehicle is recognized by the server,
- associate the remote vehicle transmission data with a remote vehicle second network identifier,
- associate the relay vehicle transmission data with a relay vehicle identifier, and
- cause the remote vehicle transmission data and the relay vehicle transmission data to be provided to at least one vehicle of the second network.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor of a server of a second network, cause the processor to:
- receive, from a relay vehicle, remote vehicle transmission data associated with a remote vehicle of a first network and relay vehicle transmission data associated with the relay vehicle;
- associate the remote vehicle transmission data with a remote vehicle second network identifier;
- associate the relay vehicle transmission data with a relay vehicle identifier;
- and
- transmit the remote vehicle transmission data and the relay vehicle transmission data to at least one vehicle of the second network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.